Buscarle (en. Look for him)

/bus'kaɾle/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To try to locate a person or thing.

I’m going to look for him at the park.

Voy a buscarle en el parque.

To make efforts to find someone.

She went out to look for him when he didn’t come home.

Ella salió a buscarle cuando no llegó a casa.

To dedicate time to searching for something or someone.

Don’t worry, I’ll look for him right away.

No te preocupes, voy a buscarle de inmediato.

From the verb buscar, derived from the Latin 'buscāre', which means 'to search, to inquire'.

to tickle someone

To try to make someone laugh or provoke them.

buscarle las cosquillas

to look for three legs on a cat

To unnecessarily complicate something.

buscarle tres pies al gato

to find a workaround

To find an alternative solution.

buscarle la vuelta

buscar

To perform an action to find something.

buscar

encontrar

To come across what is being sought.

encontrar

localizar

To place or find something or someone.

localizar

To search for someone in a persistent or unconventional way.

He’s searching for him as if he were his hero.

Lo está buscando como si fuera su héroe.

To follow up on a person out of romantic interest.

She is always looking for that guy at parties.

Ella siempre está buscando a aquel chico en las fiestas.