garabatear

From garabato (“doodle, scribble”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾabateˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ɾa.β̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧ra‧ba‧te‧ar

garabatear (first-person singular present garabateo, first-person singular preterite garabateé, past participle garabateado)

1. to scribble
2. (Chile, colloquial) to swear

• “garabatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “garabatear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010