escarificar

Spanish

Etymology

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

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

Verb

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

  1. to harrow

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