escaravellar

== Galician == === Alternative forms === escarvallar, esgaravellar escaravelhar, esgaravelhar (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Probably from escarvar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaɾaβeˈʎaɾ/ === Verb === escaravellar (first-person singular present escaravello, first-person singular preterite escaravellei, past participle escaravellado) to dig superficially; to turn over the ground Synonyms: escarvar, escavichar Escaravellou o galo, e descubriu o coitelo para matalo. (proverb) ― The rooster dug and found the knife which killed it. to poke Synonym: furgar ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escaravellar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escaravellar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escaravellar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN