esculcar
Spanish, verb/eskulˈkaɾ/
esculcar is spelled E-S-C-U-L-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish, the 254,909th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esculcar is a Spanish verb meaning “to spy; to investigate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does esculcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spy; to investigate
- 2
to search, to go through, to rummage through
- 3
to frisk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of esculcar
- esculco first-person present singular
- esculqué first-person preterite singular
- esculcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- esculcando gerund
- esculcada feminine participle past
- esculcados masculine participle past
- esculcadas feminine participle past
- esculcas indicative informal present
- esculcás indicative informal present
- esculca indicative present singular
- esculcamos first-person indicative plural
- esculcáis indicative plural present
- esculcan indicative plural present
- esculcaba first-person imperfect indicative
- esculcabas imperfect indicative second-person
- esculcábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esculcabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esculcar?
- /eskulˈkaɾ/
- [es.kulˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esculcar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esculcar in Spanish?
esculcar appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).