excavar
Spanish, verb/eɡskaˈbaɾ/
excavar is spelled E-X-C-A-V-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,926th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excavar is a Spanish verb meaning “to excavate, dig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer cavidades en un material sólido, especialmente hoyos, zanjas, o huecos profundos en la tierra o en…”.
What does excavar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to excavate, dig
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer cavidades en un material sólido, especialmente hoyos, zanjas, o huecos profundos en la tierra o en zonas subterráneas para diversos fines. 2. Remover y sacar parte de la tierra alrededor de ciertas plantas para estimular su desarrollo.
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 excavar
- excavo first-person present singular
- excavé first-person preterite singular
- excavado participle past
- excavando gerund
- excavada feminine participle past
- excavados masculine participle past
- excavadas feminine participle past
- excavas indicative informal present
- excavás indicative informal present
- excava indicative present singular
- excavamos first-person indicative plural
- excaváis indicative plural present
- excavan indicative plural present
- excavaba first-person imperfect indicative
- excavabas imperfect indicative second-person
- excavábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- excavabais imperfect indicative plural
- excavaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excavar?
- /eɡskaˈbaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
- [ekskaˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excavar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excavar in Spanish?
excavar appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).