excoriar
Spanish, verb/eɡskoˈɾjaɾ/
excoriar is a Spanish verb meaning “to graze or chafe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Remover, rasgar, raspar o arrancar parte de la piel o epitelio, dejando la carne descubierta”.
What does excoriar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to graze or chafe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remover, rasgar, raspar o arrancar parte de la piel o epitelio, dejando la carne descubierta.
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 excoriar
- excorio first-person present singular
- excorié first-person preterite singular
- excoriado participle past
- excoriando gerund
- excoriada feminine participle past
- excoriados masculine participle past
- excoriadas feminine participle past
- excorias indicative informal present
- excoriás indicative informal present
- excoria indicative present singular
- excoriamos first-person indicative plural
- excoriáis indicative plural present
- excorian indicative plural present
- excoriaba first-person imperfect indicative
- excoriabas imperfect indicative second-person
- excoriábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- excoriabais imperfect indicative plural
- excoriaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excoriar?
- /eɡskoˈɾjaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.koˈɾjaɾ]
- [ekskoˈɾjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excoriar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.