# espigar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əs.piˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.piˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espiguí, past participle espigat)
* (intransitive, botany) to ear (to put forth ears in growing)
    Synonym: espiguejar

#### Derived terms

* espigat
* espiguejar

#### Related terms

* espiga

### Further reading

* “espigar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “espigar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “espigar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “espigar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espigar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa María), from Latin spīcāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [espiˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espiguei, past participle espigado)
* (transitive) to glean
* (intransitive, botany) to ear (to put forth ears in growing)
* (intransitive, figurative) to grow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espigar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espigar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espigar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “espigar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “espigar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “espigar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espigar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espigar, from Latin spīcāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.piˈɡa(ʁ)/ [is.piˈɡa(h)], /es.piˈɡa(ʁ)/ [es.piˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.piˈɡa(ʁ)/ [is.piˈɡa(h)], /es.piˈɡa(ʁ)/ [es.piˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.piˈɡa(ɾ)/, /es.piˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.piˈɡa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.piˈɡa(χ)], /eʃ.piˈɡa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.piˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.piˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.piˈɡaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.piˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.piˈɡaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.piˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.piˈɡa.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.piˈɣa.ɾi]

### Verb

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espiguei, past participle espigado)
* (intransitive) to grow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin spīcāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /espiˈɡaɾ/ [es.piˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧pi‧gar

### Verb

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espigué, past participle espigado)
* (transitive) to glean
* (intransitive, botany) to ear (to put forth ears in growing)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* espigueo

#### Related terms

* espiga

### Further reading

* “espigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10