| Principal Translations |
| rip [sth]⇒ vtr | (tear: paper) (papel) | rasgar⇒ vtr |
| | | romper⇒ vtr |
| | Gerald reread his poem, decided it was awful, and ripped the paper in two. |
| | Gerald releyó su poema, decidió que era horrible, y rasgó el papel en dos. |
| rip [sth] vtr | (tear: fabric) | rasgar⇒ vtr |
| | | desgarrar⇒ vtr |
| | Paula ripped her new trousers climbing over a fence. |
| | Paula se rasgó los pantalones trepando una cerca. |
| rip n | (tear in fabric) | roto nm |
| | | desgarrón, rasgón nm |
| | In the late 1980s, it was very fashionable to wear jeans with rips in them. |
| | A finales de los 80 era muy popular usar jeans con rotos. |
| Additional Translations |
| rip n | (gymnastics: skin abrasion) | rasguño nm |
| | Training on the parallel bars had left rips on the gymnast's palms. |
| | El entrenamiento en las barras paralelas había dejado rasguños en las palmas de la gimnasta. |
| rip⇒ vi | figurative (move fast) | ir deprisa loc verb |
| | The car ripped along the road. |
| | El auto iba deprisa por la calle. |
| rip [sth]⇒ vtr | (copy: audio or video files) (vídeo, música) | copiar⇒ vtr |
| | David ripped the DVD, so that he'd have a copy of the film on his laptop. |
| | David copió el DVD para tener una copia de la película en su laptop. |
| rip [sth] from [sb/sth] vtr + prep | (snatch, wrest) | arrancar de vtr + prep |
| | | arrebatar de vtr + prep |
| | Emily ripped the weapon from her opponent's grasp. |
| | Arrancó el arma de las garras de su oponente. |
Locuciones verbales
rip | ripping |
rip into [sb],
tear into [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative, informal (criticize, berate) | criticar⇒ vtr |
| | | denostar⇒ vtr |
| | | humillar⇒ vtr |
| | (figurado) | atacar⇒ vtr |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | Nancy was furious with Jane and ripped into her. |
| | Nancy estaba furiosa con Jane y la criticó. |
rip off [sth],
rip [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | (clothes: remove quickly) | arrancar⇒ vtr |
| | Seeing the cool, shimmering surface of the water, Steve ripped off his clothes and dived in. |
| | Viendo la superficie fría y brillante del agua, Steve se arrancó la ropa y se metió. |
rip off [sb],
rip [sb] off vtr phrasal sep | slang (cheat, con) | estafar a, timar a vtr + prep |
| | (figurado, coloquial) | pelar a vtr + prep |
| | (ES: coloquial) | tangar a vtr + prep |
| | (ES: coloquial) | darle con queso a loc verb + prep |
| | Some restaurants try to rip off foreign tourists. |
| | Algunos restaurantes tratan de estafar a los turistas extranjeros. |
rip off [sth],
rip [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | slang (steal, plagiarize) (coloquial) | afanar⇒ vtr |
| | | robar⇒ vtr |
| | Carol accused Matthew of ripping off her work. |
| | Carol acusó a Mateo de afanar su trabajo. |
| rip [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | US, figurative, slang (oath: say angrily) (coloquial) | escupir⇒ vtr |
| | | lanzar⇒, arrojar⇒ vtr |
| | The man got angry and ripped out a string of oaths. |
| | El hombre se enojó y escupió una sarta de groserías. |
| rip through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (fire: spread quickly) | arrasar⇒ vtr |
| | | extenderse rápidamente por loc verb |
| | Before the fire brigade could get there, the fire had ripped through three houses in the street. |
| rip through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (tornado: move quickly) | arrasar⇒ vtr |
| | The tornado ripped through the town, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. |
rip [sth] up,
rip up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (tear to pieces) | hacer pedazos loc verb |
| | The guards ripped up his passport in front of him. |
| | Los guardias hicieron pedazos su pasaporte delante de él. |