escarbar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish escarvar, from Latin scarīfāre, from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Cognate with English scarify, Galician escarvar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaɾˈbaɾ/ [es.kaɾˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧car‧bar === Verb === escarbar (first-person singular present escarbo, first-person singular preterite escarbé, past participle escarbado) (transitive) to paw, scratch, scrape, dig (the ground) (transitive) to clean, pick (one's teeth, ears, nose) (transitive) to poke (a fire) (transitive) to dig about; poke about ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “escarbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025