esculcar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From esculca (observation, inquiry), from local High Middle Ages Medieval Latin sculca (watchtower), from Proto-Germanic *skulkan. Cognate of English skulk (to hide) and of Norwegian Nynorsk skulke (to play truant).

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esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculquei, past participle esculcado)

  1. (transitive) to watch, to observe, to spy
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 235:
      Et coydou que era esculca que vĩjña esculcar sua terra, ca Peleus ben sabía que entre elles et troyãos auj́a grã desamor.
      And he thought that he was a spy which has come to investigate their country, because Peleus knew well that in between them and the Trojans there was a large enmity
  2. (intransitive) to inquiry, to research

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Late Latin *sculcāre, from Proto-Germanic *skulkan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eskulˈkaɾ/ [es.kulˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧cul‧car

Verb[edit]

esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculqué, past participle esculcado)

  1. (transitive) to spy; to investigate
  2. (transitive) to search, to go through
  3. to frisk

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