escavar

Etymology

Attested since 1303. From Latin excavāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈβaɾ/

Verb

escavar (first-person singular present escavo, first-person singular preterite escavei, past participle escavado)

1. to dig
   • 1303, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 150:

     Et dardeſ cada anno quatro dias de ſeara a noſſa graña de Pineyra, ṽn dia a eſcauar, outro a pudar, outro a cauar, outro a rãdar

     You'll give each year four days of work in our farm of Piñeira, one day for digging, another for prunning, another for hoeing, another for weeding

2. to excavate
3. to scoop, hollow

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escau”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escavar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escavar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escavar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “escavar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escavar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From Latin excavāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧var

Verb

escavar (first-person singular present escavo, first-person singular preterite escavei, past participle escavado)

1. to dig
2. to excavate
3. to scoop, hollow

Etymology

Inherited from Latin excavāre. Equivalent to es- +‎ cavar. Doublet of excavar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈbaɾ/ [es.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧var

Verb

escavar (first-person singular present escavo, first-person singular preterite escavé, past participle escavado)

1. to dig

Further reading

• “escavar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10