escarificar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, “scratch”), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Equivalent to escarbar (“to dig”) +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaɾifiˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

escarificar (first-person singular present escarifico, first-person singular preterite escarifiqué, past participle escarificado)

  1. to harrow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of escarificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive escarificar
gerund escarificando
past participle masculine feminine
singular escarificado escarificada
plural escarificados escarificadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present escarifico escarificastú
escarificásvos 		escarifica escarificamos escarificáis escarifican
imperfect escarificaba escarificabas escarificaba escarificábamos escarificabais escarificaban
preterite escarifiqué escarificaste escarificó escarificamos escarificasteis escarificaron
future escarificaré escarificarás escarificará escarificaremos escarificaréis escarificarán
conditional escarificaría escarificarías escarificaría escarificaríamos escarificaríais escarificarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present escarifique escarifiquestú
escarifiquésvos2 		escarifique escarifiquemos escarifiquéis escarifiquen
imperfect
(ra) 		escarificara escarificaras escarificara escarificáramos escarificarais escarificaran
imperfect
(se) 		escarificase escarificases escarificase escarificásemos escarificaseis escarificasen
future1 escarificare escarificares escarificare escarificáremos escarificareis escarificaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative escarificatú
escarificávos 		escarifique escarifiquemos escarificad escarifiquen
negative no escarifiques no escarifique no escarifiquemos no escarifiquéis no escarifiquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of escarificar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive escarificar dative escarificarme escarificarte escarificarle, escarificarse escarificarnos escarificaros escarificarles, escarificarse
accusative escarificarme escarificarte escarificarlo, escarificarla, escarificarse escarificarnos escarificaros escarificarlos, escarificarlas, escarificarse
with gerund escarificando dative escarificándome escarificándote escarificándole, escarificándose escarificándonos escarificándoos escarificándoles, escarificándose
accusative escarificándome escarificándote escarificándolo, escarificándola, escarificándose escarificándonos escarificándoos escarificándolos, escarificándolas, escarificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative escarifica dative escarifícame escarifícate escarifícale escarifícanos not used escarifícales
accusative escarifícame escarifícate escarifícalo, escarifícala escarifícanos not used escarifícalos, escarifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative escarificá dative escarificame escarificate escarificale escarificanos not used escarificales
accusative escarificame escarificate escarificalo, escarificala escarificanos not used escarificalos, escarificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative escarifique dative escarifíqueme not used escarifíquele, escarifíquese escarifíquenos not used escarifíqueles
accusative escarifíqueme not used escarifíquelo, escarifíquela, escarifíquese escarifíquenos not used escarifíquelos, escarifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative escarifiquemos dative not used escarifiquémoste escarifiquémosle escarifiquémonos escarifiquémoos escarifiquémosles
accusative not used escarifiquémoste escarifiquémoslo, escarifiquémosla escarifiquémonos escarifiquémoos escarifiquémoslos, escarifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative escarificad dative escarificadme not used escarificadle escarificadnos escarificaos escarificadles
accusative escarificadme not used escarificadlo, escarificadla escarificadnos escarificaos escarificadlos, escarificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative escarifiquen dative escarifíquenme not used escarifíquenle escarifíquennos not used escarifíquenles, escarifíquense
accusative escarifíquenme not used escarifíquenlo, escarifíquenla escarifíquennos not used escarifíquenlos, escarifíquenlas, escarifíquense

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