escrutar
Spanish, verb/eskɾuˈtaɾ/
escrutar is spelled E-S-C-R-U-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escrutar is a Spanish verb meaning “to closely examine; to scrutinize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Examinar u observar con sumo cuidado y atención; revisar cuidadosamente para comprender o ver todos los…”.
What does escrutar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to closely examine; to scrutinize
- 2
to count (votes), to tally
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Examinar u observar con sumo cuidado y atención; revisar cuidadosamente para comprender o ver todos los detalles. 2. Efectuar la verificación y conteo (cómputo) de los votos que se han dado secretamente en una elección.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escrutar
- escruto first-person present singular
- escruté first-person preterite singular
- escrutado participle past
- escrutando gerund
- escrutada feminine participle past
- escrutados masculine participle past
- escrutadas feminine participle past
- escrutas indicative informal present
- escrutás indicative informal present
- escruta indicative present singular
- escrutamos first-person indicative plural
- escrutáis indicative plural present
- escrutan indicative plural present
- escrutaba first-person imperfect indicative
- escrutabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escrutábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escrutabais imperfect indicative plural
- escrutaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escrutar?
- /eskɾuˈtaɾ/
- [es.kɾuˈt̪aɾ]
- [eskɾuˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escrutar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escrutar in Spanish?
escrutar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).