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Spanish
Etymology
From garrapato (“scribble”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡarapateˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ga‧rra‧pa‧te‧ar
Verb
garrapatear (first-person singular present garrapateo, first-person singular preterite garrapateé, past participle garrapateado)
- to scrawl, scribble
1890, Luis Coloma, Pequeñeces: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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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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