escarvar

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to dig superficially
    Synonyms: escaravellar, escavichar

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References

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