hurgar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to root, rummage, poke about
  2. (transitive) to poke at, pick

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
hur‧gar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/uɾˈɡaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Spanish furgar, from Vulgar Latin *fūricāre, from Latin fūr (“thief”) whence English ferret and furtive.

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