rebuscar

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ buscar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.busˈka(ʁ)/ [he.busˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.busˈka(ʁ)/ [he.busˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.busˈka(ɾ)/ [he.busˈka(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.buʃˈka(ʁ)/ [χe.buʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.busˈka(ɻ)/ [he.busˈka(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.buʃˈkaɾ/ [ʁɨ.βuʃˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.buʃˈkaɾ/ [ʁɨ.βuʃˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.buʃˈka.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.βuʃˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: re‧bus‧car

Verb

rebuscar (first-person singular present rebusco, first-person singular preterite rebusquei, past participle rebuscado)

1. to rummage
2. to glean

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rebuscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rebuscar
Personal	rebuscar	rebuscares	rebuscar	rebuscarmos	rebuscardes	rebuscarem
Gerund
	rebuscando
Past participle
Masculine	rebuscado			rebuscados
Feminine	rebuscada			rebuscadas
Indicative
Present	rebusco	rebuscas	rebusca	rebuscamos	rebuscais	rebuscam
Imperfect	rebuscava	rebuscavas	rebuscava	rebuscávamos	rebuscáveis	rebuscavam
Preterite	rebusquei	rebuscaste	rebuscou	rebuscamos1, rebuscámos2	rebuscastes	rebuscaram
Pluperfect	rebuscara	rebuscaras	rebuscara	rebuscáramos	rebuscáreis	rebuscaram
Future	rebuscarei	rebuscarás	rebuscará	rebuscaremos	rebuscareis	rebuscarão
Conditional	rebuscaria	rebuscarias	rebuscaria	rebuscaríamos	rebuscaríeis	rebuscariam
Subjunctive
Present	rebusque	rebusques	rebusque	rebusquemos	rebusqueis	rebusquem
Imperfect	rebuscasse	rebuscasses	rebuscasse	rebuscássemos	rebuscásseis	rebuscassem
Future	rebuscar	rebuscares	rebuscar	rebuscarmos	rebuscardes	rebuscarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rebusca	rebusque	rebusquemos	rebuscai	rebusquem
Negative (não)		não rebusques	não rebusque	não rebusquemos	não rebusqueis	não rebusquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ buscar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rebusˈkaɾ/ [re.β̞usˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧bus‧car

Verb

rebuscar (first-person singular present rebusco, first-person singular preterite rebusqué, past participle rebuscado)

1. (transitive) to search, root, rummage, comb
2. (transitive) to glean
3. (transitive) to seek after

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rebuscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rebuscar
gerund			rebuscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rebuscado		rebuscada
		plural		rebuscados		rebuscadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rebusco	rebuscastú rebuscásvos	rebusca	rebuscamos	rebuscáis	rebuscan
	imperfect	rebuscaba	rebuscabas	rebuscaba	rebuscábamos	rebuscabais	rebuscaban
	preterite	rebusqué	rebuscaste	rebuscó	rebuscamos	rebuscasteis	rebuscaron
	future	rebuscaré	rebuscarás	rebuscará	rebuscaremos	rebuscaréis	rebuscarán
	conditional	rebuscaría	rebuscarías	rebuscaría	rebuscaríamos	rebuscaríais	rebuscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rebusque	rebusquestú rebusquésvos2	rebusque	rebusquemos	rebusquéis	rebusquen
	imperfect (ra)	rebuscara	rebuscaras	rebuscara	rebuscáramos	rebuscarais	rebuscaran
	imperfect (se)	rebuscase	rebuscases	rebuscase	rebuscásemos	rebuscaseis	rebuscasen
	future1	rebuscare	rebuscares	rebuscare	rebuscáremos	rebuscareis	rebuscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rebuscatú rebuscávos	rebusque	rebusquemos	rebuscad	rebusquen
	negative		no rebusques	no rebusque	no rebusquemos	no rebusquéis	no rebusquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rebuscar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rebuscar
	dative	rebuscarme	rebuscarte	rebuscarle, rebuscarse	rebuscarnos	rebuscaros	rebuscarles, rebuscarse
	accusative	rebuscarme	rebuscarte	rebuscarlo, rebuscarla, rebuscarse	rebuscarnos	rebuscaros	rebuscarlos, rebuscarlas, rebuscarse
with gerund rebuscando
	dative	rebuscándome	rebuscándote	rebuscándole, rebuscándose	rebuscándonos	rebuscándoos	rebuscándoles, rebuscándose
	accusative	rebuscándome	rebuscándote	rebuscándolo, rebuscándola, rebuscándose	rebuscándonos	rebuscándoos	rebuscándolos, rebuscándolas, rebuscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rebusca
	dative	rebúscame	rebúscate	rebúscale	rebúscanos	not used	rebúscales
	accusative	rebúscame	rebúscate	rebúscalo, rebúscala	rebúscanos	not used	rebúscalos, rebúscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rebuscá
	dative	rebuscame	rebuscate	rebuscale	rebuscanos	not used	rebuscales
	accusative	rebuscame	rebuscate	rebuscalo, rebuscala	rebuscanos	not used	rebuscalos, rebuscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rebusque
	dative	rebúsqueme	not used	rebúsquele, rebúsquese	rebúsquenos	not used	rebúsqueles
	accusative	rebúsqueme	not used	rebúsquelo, rebúsquela, rebúsquese	rebúsquenos	not used	rebúsquelos, rebúsquelas
with first-person plural imperative rebusquemos
	dative	not used	rebusquémoste	rebusquémosle	rebusquémonos	rebusquémoos	rebusquémosles
	accusative	not used	rebusquémoste	rebusquémoslo, rebusquémosla	rebusquémonos	rebusquémoos	rebusquémoslos, rebusquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rebuscad
	dative	rebuscadme	not used	rebuscadle	rebuscadnos	rebuscaos	rebuscadles
	accusative	rebuscadme	not used	rebuscadlo, rebuscadla	rebuscadnos	rebuscaos	rebuscadlos, rebuscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rebusquen
	dative	rebúsquenme	not used	rebúsquenle	rebúsquennos	not used	rebúsquenles, rebúsquense
	accusative	rebúsquenme	not used	rebúsquenlo, rebúsquenla	rebúsquennos	not used	rebúsquenlos, rebúsquenlas, rebúsquense

Further reading

• “rebuscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28