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SPANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

buscar.

to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/busˈkaɾ/[busˈkaɾ]
  1. to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour

  2. to look up (in a search engine, dictionary, etc.)

  3. to fetch, get, pick up

  4. to bring on (oneself), to ask for

    colloquial · reflexive
    Lo siento, pero te lo buscaste.
    Venga, se lo está buscando.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish buscar. Ultimate origin unknown, possibly cognate with bosque, cognate with Portuguese buscar. Or possibly from a Celtic language; compare Old Irish búaid (“victory”) and Welsh budd (“gain”), all from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“gain”).

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