gabear

From Suevic [Term?] or Gothic; ultimately, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”). Compare gabito (“long hook”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡaβeˈaɾ/

gabear (first-person singular present gabeo, first-person singular preterite gabeei, past participle gabeado)
gabear (first-person singular present gabeio, first-person singular preterite gabeei, past participle gabeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to scale, to climb (using one's legs and arms)

   Synonyms: empoleirar, agatuñar, rubir

2. (of a plant) to climb

• gabita
• gabito

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gabear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “gabear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gabear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “gabear” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gabear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN