buscar

Meaning

1. to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour
2. to look up (in a search engine, dictionary, etc.)
3. to fetch, get, pick up
4. (reflexive) to bring on (oneself), to ask for

Hyphenated as

bus‧car

Pronounced as (IPA)

/busˈkaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish buscar. Ultimate origin unknown, possibly cognate with bosque, cognate with Portuguese buscar. Or possibly from a Celtic language; compare Old Irish búaid (“victory”) and Welsh budd (“gain”), all from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“gain”).

Sentences

Además de buscar y reparar bicicletas .

In addition to searching for and repairing bicycles.

Rudy es enviado a un hospital para buscar potenciales clientes .

Rudy is sent to a hospital to look for potential clients.

Interesado , decidió buscar sus epigramas .

Interested, he decided to look for his epigrams.