rebuscar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.busˈka(ʁ)/
rebuscar is spelled R-E-B-U-S-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebuscar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rummage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “buscar ou procurar de novo ou com extrema cautela”.
What does rebuscar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rummage
- 2
to glean
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. buscar ou procurar de novo ou com extrema cautela 2. colher (frutos que permaneceram na planta após a colheita) 3. ataviar com primor, com esmero excessivo
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 rebuscar
- rebusco first-person present singular
- rebusquei first-person preterite singular
- rebuscado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- rebuscares infinitive second-person singular
- rebuscarmos first-person infinitive plural
- rebuscardes infinitive plural second-person
- rebuscarem infinitive plural third-person
- rebuscando gerund
- rebuscados masculine participle past
- rebuscada feminine participle past
- rebuscadas feminine participle past
- rebuscas indicative present second-person
- rebusca indicative present singular
- rebuscamos first-person indicative plural
- rebuscais indicative plural present
- rebuscam indicative plural present
- rebuscava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rebuscar?
- Brazil /ʁe.busˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.busˈka(h)]
- /ʁe.busˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rebuscar in Portuguese?
rebuscar appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).