escarificar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /eskaɾifiˈkaɾ/ [es.ka.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

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

  1. to harrow

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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