buscar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to seek, search for, look for, try to find
- to fetch, get, pick up
- (reflexive) to bring on oneself, to ask for
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish buscar derived from Proto-Celtic *boudi (victory, booty, profit, gains, spoils, gain) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bhudh-skō (win, gain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bhudh-skō
Gloss
win, gain
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- buscare Italian
- ribuscare Italian
- buscador Spanish, Castilian
- buscaminas Spanish, Castilian
- buscapersonas Spanish, Castilian
- buscapleitos Spanish, Castilian
- buscarruidos Spanish, Castilian
- buscatalentos Spanish, Castilian
- buscavidas Spanish, Castilian
- metabuscador Spanish, Castilian
- mina Spanish, Castilian
- persona Spanish, Castilian
- pleito Spanish, Castilian
- rebuscar Spanish, Castilian
- ruido Spanish, Castilian
- talento Spanish, Castilian
- vida Spanish, Castilian
- *bhudh-skō Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰówdʰi Proto-Indo-European
- buscar Portuguese
- rebuscar Portuguese
- bua Irish
- buscar Catalan, Valencian
- budd Welsh
- budd-ddeiliad Welsh
- buddsoddi Welsh
- buddug Welsh
- Boidmal Old Irish
- búaid Old Irish
- buaidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- buscar Old Portuguese
- *boudi Proto-Celtic
- *boudīkos Proto-Celtic
- *maglos Proto-Celtic
- bûte Middle Low German
- büte Middle Low German
- būten Middle Low German
- *būti Frankish
- buscar Old Spanish
- buska Papiamentu
- bushkar Ladino
- buska Kabuverdianu
- *boudi Gaulish
- boudi Gaulish
- *būtinus la-vul