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Spanish
Etymology
From garabato (“doodle, scribble”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaɾabateˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ga‧ra‧ba‧te‧ar
Verb
garabatear (first-person singular present garabateo, first-person singular preterite garabateé, past participle garabateado)
- to scribble
- (Chile, colloquial) to swear
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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