escavar

== Asturian == === Verb === escavar to excavate == Galician == === Etymology === Attested since 1303. From Latin excavāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈβaɾ/ === Verb === escavar (first-person singular present escavo, first-person singular preterite escavei, past participle escavado) to dig 1303, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 150: Et dardeſ cada anno quatro dias de ſeara a noſſa graña de Pineyra, ṽn dia a eſcauar, outro a pudar, outro a cauar, outro a rãdar You'll give each year four days of work in our farm of Piñeira, one day for digging, another for prunning, another for hoeing, another for weeding to excavate to scoop, hollow ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== cavar === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “escavar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escavar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “escavar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escavar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “escavar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escavar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin excavāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧ca‧var === Verb === escavar (first-person singular present escavo, first-person singular preterite escavei, past participle escavado) to dig to excavate to scoop, hollow ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== cavar === Further reading === “escavar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “escavar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin excavāre. Equivalent to es- +‎ cavar. Doublet of excavar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈbaɾ/ [es.kaˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧ca‧var === Verb === escavar (first-person singular present escavo, first-person singular preterite escavé, past participle escavado) to dig ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “escavar”, 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