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Spanish
Etymology
Of unknown origin. Compare escarificar (“to harrow”) and escarda (“weeding hoe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaˈɾjaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧riar
Verb
escariar (first-person singular present escario, first-person singular preterite escarié, past participle escariado)
- (transitive) to ream
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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