Romper or rasgar means to tear in spanish?

[sano23]

Ive seen many spanish dictionaries say tear/rip in spanish is romper and rasgar, is their a preference in some countries? are they interchangeable in this case?

[Luna Azul]

"romper" also means "to break".

[sano23]

tear in spanish is rasgar or romper?

[Rusty]

Use rasgar.

Romper has more meanings than rasgar does, so they are not totally interchangeable. The only time I see them used interchangeably is when 'breaking' an object is done by tearing it (like paper).

[pinosilano]

Also rajar mean to tear.