ruspare

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to scratch, to scrabble, to peck about (in search of food; of poultry)
2. (intransitive, uncommon) to rake the ground looking for chestnuts after a harvest
3. (transitive) to bulldoze, to work (land, a field, etc.) using a bulldozer

Translations

escarbar

terraplenar

Hyphenated as

ru‧spà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/rusˈpa.re/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruspāre (“to scrounge, search”). First attested in 1561.