gabear

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos