0 (especially of cloth or paper) badly torn -- hecho jirones
The flag was tattered and threadbare.
1 ragged or torn -- hecho jirones; andrajoso, harapiento
a tattered cloak/book.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Podemos completarlo paso a paso, por muy largo que sea el camino, y no se puede completar, por corto que sea el camino, si ni siquiera marcas tu huella.