Information about the word tear (English → Esperanto: disŝiri)

Synonyms: tear apart, tear to shreds

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/tɛə*/
Hyphenationtear
Shavian alphabet𐑑𐑺

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) tear(I) tore
(thou) tearest(thou) torest
(he) tears, teareth(he) tore
(we) tear(we) tore
(you) tear(you) tore
(they) tear(they) tore
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) tear (I) tore
(thou) tear(thou) tore
(he) tear(he) tore
(we) tear(we) tore
(you) tear(you) tore
(they) tear(they) tore
Imperative mood
tear
Participles
Present participlePast participle
tearingtorn

Usage samples

Egwene, running by with her arms full of bedsheets torn into bandages, looked at them without slowing.

Translations

Afrikaansverskeur
Danishrive itu
Dutchdoorscheuren; verscheuren
Esperantodisŝiri
Germanzerreißen
Portuguesedilacerar
Saterland Frisiankuutriete
Spanishdesgarrar