escaravellar

Galician

Alternative forms

escarvallar, esgaravellar

Etymology

Probably from escarvar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskaɾaβeˈʎaɾ/

Verb

escaravellar (first-person singular present escaravello, first-person singular preterite escaravellei, past participle escaravellado)

to dig superficially; to turn over the ground
Synonyms: escarvar, escavichar

Escaravellou o galo, e descubriu o coitelo para matalo. (proverb) ― The rooster dug and found the knife which killed it.
- 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferro-carril Compostelano:
  Os meus Seores traballaron con tan donoso amorío, dempois que se esperguisaron polo tempo mal perdido; tanto afincaron a cousa, con tal xeito e con tal brío; puxeron o chan da terra das malas herbas tan limpo, e tan esgaravellado, tan revirado e espelido, que ao fin veu a semente! ¡ai, qué semente, veciños! Por eso arrigou aa présa sin deixar tempo a un suspiro, aínda ben non lle tocou a semente ao chan moído
  My gentlemen worked with the most jaunty love, after they had stretched out because of the wasted time; so much they struggled with the thing, with such expertise and such vigour; they made the ground of the earth so clean of weeds, and so dug up, and so upturned and spongy, that at the end the seed came! And what a seed, my neighbors! That's why it grew hastily, giving no time to a sigh, when the seed had barely touched the milled soil
to poke
Synonym: furgar

Conjugation

Conjugation of escaravellar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	escaravellar
Personal	escaravellar	escaravellares	escaravellar	escaravellarmos	escaravellardes	escaravellaren
Gerund
	escaravellando
Past participle
Masculine	escaravellado			escaravellados
Feminine	escaravellada			escaravelladas
Indicative
Present	escaravello	escaravellas	escaravella	escaravellamos	escaravellades	escaravellan
Imperfect	escaravellaba	escaravellabas	escaravellaba	escaravellabamos	escaravellabades	escaravellaban
Preterite	escaravellei	escaravellaches	escaravellou	escaravellamos	escaravellastes	escaravellaron
Pluperfect	escaravellara	escaravellaras	escaravellara	escaravellaramos	escaravellarades	escaravellaran
Future	escaravellarei	escaravellarás	escaravellará	escaravellaremos	escaravellaredes	escaravellarán
Conditional	escaravellaría	escaravellarías	escaravellaría	escaravellariamos	escaravellariades	escaravellarían
Subjunctive
Present	escaravelle	escaravelles	escaravelle	escaravellemos	escaravelledes	escaravellen
Imperfect	escaravellase	escaravellases	escaravellase	escaravellásemos	escaravellásedes	escaravellasen
Future	escaravellar	escaravellares	escaravellar	escaravellarmos	escaravellardes	escaravellaren
Imperative
Affirmative		escaravella	escaravelle	escaravellemos	escaravellade	escaravellen
Negative (non)		non escaravelles	non escaravelle	non escaravellemos	non escaravelledes	non escaravellen

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escaravellar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escaravellar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escaravellar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN