hurgar
Spanish, verb/uɾˈɡaɾ/
hurgar is spelled H-U-R-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,253rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hurgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to root, rummage, poke about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Husmear, buscar con minuciosidad entre objetos que están guardados”.
What does hurgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to root, rummage, poke about
hurgar en algo
- 2
to poke at, pick
hurgarse la nariz
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Husmear, buscar con minuciosidad entre objetos que están guardados.
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 hurgar
- hurgo first-person present singular
- hurgué first-person preterite singular
- hurgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- hurgando gerund
- hurgada feminine participle past
- hurgados masculine participle past
- hurgadas feminine participle past
- hurgas indicative informal present
- hurgás indicative informal present
- hurga indicative present singular
- hurgamos first-person indicative plural
- hurgáis indicative plural present
- hurgan indicative plural present
- hurgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- hurgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- hurgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hurgabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hurgar?
- /uɾˈɡaɾ/
- [uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hurgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hurgar in Spanish?
hurgar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).