buscar

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From Old Leonese buscar of unknown origin; perhaps from the same origin of bosque ("forest"). Alternatively, possibly from Proto-Celtic *bud-sketi ("win, conquer"), related to Proto-Celtic *boudi ("victory").^[1]

• IPA ^(key): /busˈkaɾ/ [busˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bus‧car

buscar (first-person singular indicative present busco , past participle buscáu )

1. to search, to look for, to seek

   Synonym: catar

2. to milk

   Synonyms: muñir , mucir , catar

• "buscar ", in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), "buscar ", in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Borrowed from Spanish buscar , which is of unknown origin in that language.

• IPA ^(key): (Northern , Balearic , Central , Northwestern ) [busˈka]
• IPA ^(key): (Valencia ) [busˈkaɾ]
• Audio (Catalonia): (file)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

buscar (first-person singular present busco , first-person singular preterite busquí , past participle buscat )

1. to seek, to search for, to look for

   Synonym: cercar

• busca-raons

• "buscar", 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
• "buscar", in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• "buscar" in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), "buscar", in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From Old Galician-Portuguese buscar of unknown origin; perhaps from the same origin of bosque ("forest"). Alternatively, possibly from Proto-Celtic *bud-sketi ("win, conquer"), related to Proto-Celtic *boudi ("victory").^[1]

• IPA ^(key): /busˈkaɾ/ [bus̺ˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: bus‧ca

buscar (first-person singular present busco , first-person singular preterite busquei , past participle buscado )

1. to search for; to look for
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 86:

     Et moytos de caualo et de pee buscarono por los mõtes quatro dias et nũca o poderõ achar.

     And many riders and peons looked for him in the mountains for four days, but they cound't find him

   Synonym: procurar

2. to procure

   Synonym: procurar

3. to fetch, to pick up
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Sarmiento, page 30:

     Et çercou et escodrinou as terras et as rribeyras et os mõtes que disemos, buscando et colendo as eruas que avia menester.

     He researched and scrutinized the lands and the shores and the mountains that we mentioned, fetching and collecting the plants he needed

   • 1371, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 434:

     Et demays foron buscar todos los outros coengos et personas que eran enna villa a suas casas, et por forza trouxeron a o cardeal dom Alfonso Perez, et a o cardeal dom Alfonso Gonzalez, o qual Alfonso Gonzalez sacaron da capela de San Johan apostollo onde estaba, et o boo coengo Rodrigo Rodriguez por que foron a sua casa; et trouxeronnos por força et contra suas voontades et enssarraronnos con os outros enno dito thesouro.

     they went to fetch every other canon and person that were in town at their houses; forcibly they brought cardinal Don Afonso Pérez, and cardinal Don Afonso González, who was removed from the chapel of Saint John the Apostle, where he was, and the good canon Rodrigo Rodríguez, for whom they went to his house; and they brought them forcibly and against each one's will and they locked them inside the treasury room

   Synonym: recoller

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), "buscar", in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), "buscar", in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), "buscar", in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), "buscar", in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), "buscar", in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• boscar

Disputed. Generally assumed to be derived from Vulgar Latin *buscum ("wood, bush"), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz ("wood, bush").
Alternatively, perhaps from a Celtic language; compare Old Irish búaid ("victory") and Welsh budd ("gain"), all from Proto-Celtic *boudi ("gain").

• IPA ^(key): /busˈkaɾ/

buscar

1. to look for
   • ca. 1140-1200, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 1628:

     Van buscar a valençia a myo çid dõ Rodrigo

     They're going to Valencia to look for my Cid, don Rodrigo

• Ladino: bushkar
• Spanish: buscar
• Sicilian: vuscari

From Old Galician-Portuguese buscar of unknown origin, possibly cognate with bosque , cognate with Italian buscare and Spanish buscar . Or possibly from Celtic ; compare Old Irish búaid ("victory") and Welsh budd ("gain"), all from Proto-Celtic *boudi ("gain").

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
• Hyphenation: bus‧car

buscar (first-person singular present busco , first-person singular preterite busquei , past participle buscado )

1. to search for

   Synonyms: pesquisar , procurar

2. to fetch, pick up

   Synonym: pegar

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 127:

     Está vindo alguém buscar você. Olhe.

     Someone is going to pick you up. Look.

   • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, "A diferença", in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 10:

     Internou-se na clínica com a vaga esperança de que a Morte, que vem ali buscar tanta gente, um dia o leve por distração.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• "buscar", in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• "buscar", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Old Spanish buscar . Ultimate origin unknown, possibly cognate with bosque , cognate with Portuguese buscar . Or possibly from a Celtic language; compare Old Irish búaid ("victory") and Welsh budd ("gain"), all from Proto-Celtic *boudi ("gain").

• IPA ^(key): /busˈkaɾ/ [busˈkaɾ]
• Audio: (file)
• Audio: (file)
• Audio: (file)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bus‧car

buscar (first-person singular present busco , first-person singular preterite busqué , past participle buscado )

1. to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour
2. to look up (in a search engine, dictionary, etc.)
3. to fetch, get, pick up

   Synonym: recoger

4. (reflexive , colloquial ) to bring on (oneself), to ask for

   Lo siento, pero te lo buscaste.

   I am sorry, but you brought this on yourself.

   Venga, se lo está buscando.

   Come on, he's asking for it.

• To say "to search [place] for [target object]," one must say "buscar [target object] en [place]."

• "buscar", in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• brusca , cubras

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