esculca

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === From local Late Latin sculca (“watchtower”), from Proto-Germanic. Cognate of English skulk (“to hide”) and of Norwegian Nynorsk skulke (“to play truant”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /esˈkulka/ [es̺ˈkuɫ.kɐ] Rhymes: -ulka Hyphenation: es‧cul‧ca ==== Noun ==== esculca f (plural esculcas) inquiry report Synonym: parte (archaic) spy Synonym: espía ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esculca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esculc”, 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), “esculca”, 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), “esculca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esculca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== esculca inflection of esculcar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkulka/ [esˈkul.ka] Rhymes: -ulka Syllabification: es‧cul‧ca === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from esculcar. ==== Noun ==== esculca f (plural esculcas) (obsolete) spy Synonym: espía === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== esculca inflection of esculcar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “esculca”, 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