Translation of "tear" - English-Spanish dictionary

tear

verb uk ​ /teər/ us ​ /teər/ present participle tearing, past tense tore, past participle torn

B1 to pull paper, cloth, etc. into pieces, or to make a hole in it by accident

rasgar, romper
The nail tore a hole in my skirt.
be torn between something and something

› to be unable to decide between two choices

debatirse entre algo y algo
I’m torn between the apple pie and the chocolate biscuit.

Phrasal verb(s)

tear something up
noun uk ​ /teər/ us ​ /teər/

› a hole in a piece of cloth, paper, etc. where it has been torn

rasgadura, desgarrón, roto

tear

noun uk ​ /tɪər/ us ​ /tɪər/

B1 a drop of water that comes from your eye when you cry

lágrima
I was in tears (= crying) by the end of the movie.
She burst into tears (= started crying) when she heard the news.

(Translation of “tear” from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

tear

noun /tiə/

› a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion ( especially sadness) or because something ( eg smoke) has irritated it

lágrima
tears of joy/laughter/rage.
tearful adjective

› inclined to cry or weep; with much crying or weeping

lloroso
She was very tearful
a tearful farewell.

› covered with tears

cubierto de lágrimas
tearful faces.
tearfully adverb

›

con lágrimas en los ojos, llorando
They tearfully said goodbye to each other.
tearfulness noun

›

cualidad de lloroso
tear gas noun

› a kind of gas causing blinding tears, used against eg rioters

gas lacrimógeno
The police used tear gas against the protesters.
tear-stained adjective

› marked with tears

mojado/empapado de lágrimas
a tear-stained face.
in tears

› crying or weeping

llorando
She was in tears over the broken doll.

(Translation of “tear” from the PASSWORD English-Spanish Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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