# esculcar
## Galician
### Etymology

From esculca (“observation, inquiry”), from local High Middle Ages Medieval Latin sculca (“watchtower”), from Proto-Germanic *skulkan. Cognate of English skulk (“to hide”) and of Norwegian Nynorsk skulke (“to play truant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskulˈkaɾ/

### Verb

esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculquei, past participle esculcado)
* (transitive) to watch, to observe, to spy
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 235:Et coydou que era esculca que vĩjña esculcar sua terra, ca Peleus ben sabía que entre elles et troyãos auj́a grã desamor.And he thought that he was a spy which has come to investigate their country, because Peleus knew well that in between them and the Trojans there was a large enmity
* (intransitive) to inquiry, to research

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* Esculqueira

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esculcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esculcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “esculcar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esculcar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “esculca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Spanish
### Etymology

Perhaps from Late Latin *sculcāre, from Proto-Germanic *skulkan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskulˈkaɾ/ [es.kulˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧cul‧car

### Verb

esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculqué, past participle esculcado)
* (transitive) to spy; to investigate
* (transitive) to search, to go through, to rummage through
* to frisk

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | esculcar | esculcar | esculcar | esculcar | esculcar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | esculcando | esculcando | esculcando | esculcando | esculcando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | esculcado | esculcado | esculcada | esculcada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | esculcados | esculcados | esculcadas | esculcadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | esculco | esculcas$^{tú}$ esculcás$^{vos}$ | esculca | esculcamos | esculcáis | esculcan |
| indicative | imperfect | esculcaba | esculcabas | esculcaba | esculcábamos | esculcabais | esculcaban |
| indicative | preterite | esculqué | esculcaste | esculcó | esculcamos | esculcasteis | esculcaron |
| indicative | future | esculcaré | esculcarás | esculcará | esculcaremos | esculcaréis | esculcarán |
| indicative | conditional | esculcaría | esculcarías | esculcaría | esculcaríamos | esculcaríais | esculcarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | esculque | esculques$^{tú}$ esculqués$^{vos2}$ | esculque | esculquemos | esculquéis | esculquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | esculcara | esculcaras | esculcara | esculcáramos | esculcarais | esculcaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | esculcase | esculcases | esculcase | esculcásemos | esculcaseis | esculcasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | esculcare | esculcares | esculcare | esculcáremos | esculcareis | esculcaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | esculca$^{tú}$ esculcá$^{vos}$ | esculque | esculquemos | esculcad | esculquen |
| imperative | negative | | no esculques | no esculque | no esculquemos | no esculquéis | no esculquen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “esculcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28