garrapato

Spanish

Etymology

From garra (“passion, effort, dedication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaraˈpato/ [ɡa.raˈpa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ga‧rra‧pa‧to

Noun

garrapato m (plural garrapatos)

1. scribble; doodle

   Synonym: garrapateo

   • 1877, Juan Valera, chapter II, in El Comendador Mendoza‎^[1]:

     El amor fué su maestro de escuela, y le enseñó á trazar unos garrapatos anárquicos y misteriosos, que por revelación de amor leía, entendía y descifraba el cadete.

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Derived terms

• garrapatear

Further reading

• “garrapato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10