escarafunchar
Portuguese, verb/is.ka.ɾa.fũˈʃa(ʁ)/
escarafunchar is spelled E-S-C-A-R-A-F-U-N-C-H-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarafunchar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to peck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rebentar ou abrir um furúnculo ou ferida”.
What does escarafunchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to peck
- 2
to investigate something thoroughly, to poke around
- 3
to remove dirt or filth from something
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. rebentar ou abrir um furúnculo ou ferida 2. investigar ou pesquisar detalhadamente, geralmente à procura de algo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escarafunchar
- escarafuncho first-person present singular
- escarafunchei first-person preterite singular
- escarafunchado participle past
- escarafunchares infinitive second-person singular
- escarafuncharmos first-person infinitive plural
- escarafunchardes infinitive plural second-person
- escarafuncharem infinitive plural third-person
- escarafunchando gerund
- escarafunchados masculine participle past
- escarafunchada feminine participle past
- escarafunchadas feminine participle past
- escarafunchas indicative present second-person
- escarafuncha indicative present singular
- escarafunchamos first-person indicative plural
- escarafunchais indicative plural present
- escarafuncham indicative plural present
- escarafunchava first-person imperfect indicative
- escarafunchavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarafunchar?
- Brazil /is.ka.ɾa.fũˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.ka.ɾa.fũˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /es.ka.ɾa.fũˈʃa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escarafunchar in Portuguese?
escarafunchar appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).