rasguñar

Spanish

Alternative forms

rajuñar
rascuñar (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of older rascuñar (with influence from rasgar), itself an alteration of rascañar (through influence from uña (“nail”)), a derivative of rascar.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rasɡuˈɲaɾ/ [raz.ɣ̞uˈɲaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ras‧gu‧ñar

Verb

rasguñar (first-person singular present rasguño, first-person singular preterite rasguñé, past participle rasguñado)

(transitive) to scratch
Synonyms: arañar, rascar

Conjugation

Conjugation of rasguñar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			rasguñar
gerund			rasguñando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rasguñado		rasguñada
		plural		rasguñados		rasguñadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rasguño	rasguñas^{^tú} rasguñás^{^vos}	rasguña	rasguñamos	rasguñáis	rasguñan
	imperfect	rasguñaba	rasguñabas	rasguñaba	rasguñábamos	rasguñabais	rasguñaban
	preterite	rasguñé	rasguñaste	rasguñó	rasguñamos	rasguñasteis	rasguñaron
	future	rasguñaré	rasguñarás	rasguñará	rasguñaremos	rasguñaréis	rasguñarán
	conditional	rasguñaría	rasguñarías	rasguñaría	rasguñaríamos	rasguñaríais	rasguñarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rasguñe	rasguñes^{^tú} rasguñés^{^vos²}	rasguñe	rasguñemos	rasguñéis	rasguñen
	imperfect (ra)	rasguñara	rasguñaras	rasguñara	rasguñáramos	rasguñarais	rasguñaran
	imperfect (se)	rasguñase	rasguñases	rasguñase	rasguñásemos	rasguñaseis	rasguñasen
	future¹	rasguñare	rasguñares	rasguñare	rasguñáremos	rasguñareis	rasguñaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rasguña^{^tú} rasguñá^{^vos}	rasguñe	rasguñemos	rasguñad	rasguñen
	negative		no rasguñes	no rasguñe	no rasguñemos	no rasguñéis	no rasguñen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of rasguñar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rasguñar	dative	rasguñarme	rasguñarte	rasguñarle, rasguñarse	rasguñarnos	rasguñaros	rasguñarles, rasguñarse
with infinitive rasguñar	accusative	rasguñarme	rasguñarte	rasguñarlo, rasguñarla, rasguñarse	rasguñarnos	rasguñaros	rasguñarlos, rasguñarlas, rasguñarse

with gerund rasguñando	dative	rasguñándome	rasguñándote	rasguñándole, rasguñándose	rasguñándonos	rasguñándoos	rasguñándoles, rasguñándose
with gerund rasguñando	accusative	rasguñándome	rasguñándote	rasguñándolo, rasguñándola, rasguñándose	rasguñándonos	rasguñándoos	rasguñándolos, rasguñándolas, rasguñándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative rasguña	dative	rasgúñame	rasgúñate	rasgúñale	rasgúñanos	not used	rasgúñales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rasguña	accusative	rasgúñame	rasgúñate	rasgúñalo, rasgúñala	rasgúñanos	not used	rasgúñalos, rasgúñalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative rasguñá	dative	rasguñame	rasguñate	rasguñale	rasguñanos	not used	rasguñales
	accusative	rasguñame	rasguñate	rasguñalo, rasguñala	rasguñanos	not used	rasguñalos, rasguñalas

with formal second-person singular imperative rasguñe	dative	rasgúñeme	not used	rasgúñele, rasgúñese	rasgúñenos	not used	rasgúñeles
with formal second-person singular imperative rasguñe	accusative	rasgúñeme	not used	rasgúñelo, rasgúñela, rasgúñese	rasgúñenos	not used	rasgúñelos, rasgúñelas

with first-person plural imperative rasguñemos	dative	not used	rasguñémoste	rasguñémosle	rasguñémonos	rasguñémoos	rasguñémosles
with first-person plural imperative rasguñemos	accusative	not used	rasguñémoste	rasguñémoslo, rasguñémosla	rasguñémonos	rasguñémoos	rasguñémoslos, rasguñémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative rasguñad	dative	rasguñadme	not used	rasguñadle	rasguñadnos	rasguñaos	rasguñadles
with informal second-person plural imperative rasguñad	accusative	rasguñadme	not used	rasguñadlo, rasguñadla	rasguñadnos	rasguñaos	rasguñadlos, rasguñadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative rasguñen	dative	rasgúñenme	not used	rasgúñenle	rasgúñennos	not used	rasgúñenles, rasgúñense
with formal second-person plural imperative rasguñen	accusative	rasgúñenme	not used	rasgúñenlo, rasgúñenla	rasgúñennos	not used	rasgúñenlos, rasgúñenlas, rasgúñense

Derived terms

rasguño

Related terms

rascar

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rasguñar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos