espigar
Spanish, verb/espiˈɡaɾ/
espigar is spelled E-S-P-I-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espigar is a Spanish verb meaning “to glean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does espigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glean
- 2
to ear (to put forth ears in growing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of espigar
- espigo first-person present singular
- espigué first-person preterite singular
- espigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- espigando gerund
- espigada feminine participle past
- espigados masculine participle past
- espigadas feminine participle past
- espigas indicative informal present
- espigás indicative informal present
- espiga indicative present singular
- espigamos first-person indicative plural
- espigáis indicative plural present
- espigan indicative plural present
- espigaba first-person imperfect indicative
- espigabas imperfect indicative second-person
- espigábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- espigabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espigar?
- /espiˈɡaɾ/
- [es.piˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espigar in Spanish?
espigar appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).