garrapatear

Spanish

Etymology

From garrapato (“scribble”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡarapateˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ra.pa.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧rra‧pa‧te‧ar

Verb

garrapatear (first-person singular present garrapateo, first-person singular preterite garrapateé, past participle garrapateado)

1. to scrawl, scribble
   • 1890, Luis Coloma, Pequeñeces‎^[1]:

     Y apartándose un buen trecho, púsose a garrapatear con ardor febril en su cartera, no sin que todas las damas y muchos caballeros vinieran a hacérsele presentes, mendigando una mención honorífica en aquella crónica que había de ser al otro día la great attraction de la corte.

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of garrapatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			garrapatear
gerund			garrapateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garrapateado		garrapateada
		plural		garrapateados		garrapateadas
		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	garrapateo	garrapateastú garrapateásvos	garrapatea	garrapateamos	garrapateáis	garrapatean
	imperfect	garrapateaba	garrapateabas	garrapateaba	garrapateábamos	garrapateabais	garrapateaban
	preterite	garrapateé	garrapateaste	garrapateó	garrapateamos	garrapateasteis	garrapatearon
	future	garrapatearé	garrapatearás	garrapateará	garrapatearemos	garrapatearéis	garrapatearán
	conditional	garrapatearía	garrapatearías	garrapatearía	garrapatearíamos	garrapatearíais	garrapatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garrapatee	garrapateestú garrapateésvos2	garrapatee	garrapateemos	garrapateéis	garrapateen
	imperfect (ra)	garrapateara	garrapatearas	garrapateara	garrapateáramos	garrapatearais	garrapatearan
	imperfect (se)	garrapatease	garrapateases	garrapatease	garrapateásemos	garrapateaseis	garrapateasen
	future1	garrapateare	garrapateares	garrapateare	garrapateáremos	garrapateareis	garrapatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		garrapateatú garrapateávos	garrapatee	garrapateemos	garrapatead	garrapateen
	negative		no garrapatees	no garrapatee	no garrapateemos	no garrapateéis	no garrapateen

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

Derived terms

• garrapateo

 

Further reading

• “garrapatear”, 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