esculcar

== Galician == === Etymology === From esculca (“observation, inquiry”), from local High Middle Ages Medieval Latin sculca (“watchtower”), from Proto-Germanic *skulkan. Cognate of English skulk (“to hide”) and of Norwegian Nynorsk skulke (“to play truant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskulˈkaɾ/ [es̺.kuɫˈkɑɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: es‧cul‧car === Verb === esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculquei, past participle esculcado) (transitive) to watch, to observe, to spy (intransitive) to inquiry, to research ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Esculqueira === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esculcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esculcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “esculcar”, 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), “esculcar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “esculca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos “esculcar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Perhaps from Late Latin *sculcāre, from Proto-Germanic *skulkan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskulˈkaɾ/ [es.kulˈkaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧cul‧car === Verb === esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculqué, past participle esculcado) (transitive) to spy; to investigate (transitive) to search, to go through, to rummage through to frisk ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “esculcar”, 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 “esculcar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 “esculcar”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019