August 07, 2011, 04:04 PM
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Emerald
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Salento, South Italy
Posts: 759
Native Language: castellano (second language Italian)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JPablo
desgarrar (de «des-» y «garra»)
Moliner says:
1 tr. y prnl. Partir[se] una cosa, por ejemplo una tela o un papel, al tirar de ella en direcciones opuestas.
2 tr. Causar mucha pena o despertar mucha compasión: ‘Desgarrar el alma [o el corazón]’. Destrozar, lacerar.
In the context of the song, it seems that the fan is "taking away" the clothes. As simple as that.
However, "desgarrar" has also a connotation of "passionate love" or something like that, so in the context of the song, the usage of the word is not completely "off the wall".
Oxford Superlex gives,
desgarrar 1 vt
a ‹ vestido/papel › to tear, rip; el clavo le desgarró el vestido she tore o ripped her dress on the nail; desgarró el sobre
con impaciencia he tore open the envelope impatiently
b (destrozar anímicamente) ‹ corazón › to break; el llanto de esa criatura me desgarraba el alma it broke my heart o it
was heartrending to hear that poor creature crying like that
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Discúlpenme, ¿de qué tipo de ventilador se trata, el de la canción, que causa tantos desastres? 
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 ... ...'cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
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