escavar

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since 1303. From Latin excavāre, present active infinitive of excavō.

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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

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin excavāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kaˈva(ʁ)/ [is.kaˈva(h)], /es.kaˈva(ʁ)/ [es.kaˈva(h)]
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧ca‧var

Verb

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

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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to dig

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