garabateo

See also: garabateó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾabaˈteo/ [ɡa.ɾa.β̞aˈt̪e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ga‧ra‧ba‧te‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from garabatear.

Noun

garabateo m (plural garabateos)

1. squiggle; doodle

Etymology 2

Verb

garabateo

1. first-person singular present indicative of garabatear

Further reading

• “garabateo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10