espigar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.piˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.piˈɣaɾ]

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espiguí, past participle espigat)

1. (intransitive, botany) to ear (to put forth ears in growing)

   Synonym: espiguejar

• espiga

• “espigar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): [espiˈɣaɾ]

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espiguei, past participle espigado)

1. (transitive) to glean
2. (intransitive, botany) to ear (to put forth ears in growing)
3. (intransitive, figurative) to grow

• 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

From Old Galician-Portuguese espigar, from Latin spīcāre.

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espiguei, past participle espigado)

1. (intransitive) to grow

From Latin spīcāre.

• IPA^(key): /espiˈɡaɾ/ [es.piˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧pi‧gar

espigar (first-person singular present espigo, first-person singular preterite espigué, past participle espigado)

1. (transitive) to glean
2. (intransitive, botany) to ear (to put forth ears in growing)

• “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], 10 December 2024