rebuscar
Spanish, verb/rebusˈkaɾ/
rebuscar is spelled R-E-B-U-S-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebuscar is a Spanish verb meaning “to search, root, rummage, comb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tratar de encontrar o conseguir algo o a alguien, buscándolo exhaustivamente, con particular esfuerzo…”.
What does rebuscar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to search, root, rummage, comb
- 2
to glean
- 3
to seek after
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tratar de encontrar o conseguir algo o a alguien, buscándolo exhaustivamente, con particular esfuerzo, cuidado o intensidad. 2. Recoger el fruto que queda en los campos después de alzadas las cosechas, particularmente las de uvas.
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 rebuscar
- rebusco first-person present singular
- rebusqué first-person preterite singular
- rebuscado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- rebuscando gerund
- rebuscada feminine participle past
- rebuscados masculine participle past
- rebuscadas feminine participle past
- rebuscas indicative informal present
- rebuscás indicative informal present
- rebusca indicative present singular
- rebuscamos first-person indicative plural
- rebuscáis indicative plural present
- rebuscan indicative plural present
- rebuscaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rebuscabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rebuscábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rebuscabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rebuscar?
- /rebusˈkaɾ/
- [re.β̞usˈkaɾ]
- [reβ̞usˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rebuscar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rebuscar in Spanish?
rebuscar 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).