escarvar

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Latin scarīfō (to scarify), from Ancient Greek σκαριφάομαι (skaripháomai); alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *skarbōną (to scrape).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaɾˈβaɾ/

Verb

escarvar (first-person singular present escarvo, first-person singular preterite escarvei, past participle escarvado)

  1. to dig superficially
    Synonyms: escaravellar, escavichar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “escarbar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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