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escarbar.

to paw, scratch, scrape, dig (the ground)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/eskaɾˈbaɾ/[es.kaɾˈβ̞aɾ]
  1. to paw, scratch, scrape, dig (the ground)

    transitive
  2. to clean, pick (one's teeth, ears, nose)

    transitive
  3. to poke (a fire)

    transitive
  4. to dig about; poke about

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish escarvar, from Latin scarīfāre, from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Cognate with English scarify, Galician escarvar.

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