garrapatear
Spanish
Etymology
garrapato (“scribble”) + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡarapateˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ra.pa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- 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.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of garrapatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | garrapatear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | garrapateando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | garrapateado | garrapateada | |||||
| plural | garrapateados | garrapateadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | garrapateo | garrapateastú garrapateásvos | garrapatea | garrapateamos | garrapateáis | garrapatean | |
| imperfect | garrapateaba | garrapateabas | garrapateaba | garrapateábamos | garrapateabais | garrapateaban | |
| preterite | garrapateé | garrapateaste | garrapateó | garrapateamos | garrapateasteis | garrapatearon | |
| future | garrapatearé | garrapatearás | garrapateará | garrapatearemos | garrapatearéis | garrapatearán | |
| conditional | garrapatearía | garrapatearías | garrapatearía | garrapatearíamos | garrapatearíais | garrapatearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | garrapatee | garrapateestú garrapateésvos2 | garrapatee | garrapateemos | garrapateéis | garrapateen | |
| imperfect (ra) | garrapateara | garrapatearas | garrapateara | garrapateáramos | garrapatearais | garrapatearan | |
| imperfect (se) | garrapatease | garrapateases | garrapatease | garrapateásemos | garrapateaseis | garrapateasen | |
| future1 | garrapateare | garrapateares | garrapateare | garrapateáremos | garrapateareis | garrapatearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | garrapateatú garrapateávos | garrapatee | garrapateemos | garrapatead | garrapateen | ||
| negative | no garrapatees | no garrapatee | no garrapateemos | no garrapateéis | no garrapateen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- garrapateo
Further reading
- “garrapatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014