escudriñar

Meaning

to scrutinize

Hyphenated as
es‧cu‧dri‧ñar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eskudɾiˈɲaɾ/
Etymology

From the older form escrudiñar, a semi-learned derivation from Vulgar Latin *scrūtiniāre, from Late Latin scrūtinium (“investigation, scrutiny”), from Latin scrūtārī (“to investigate, to scrutinize”).

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