garabato

== English == === Noun === garabato (uncountable) Uncaria guianensis, a plant found in Guyana. == Galician == === Etymology === From a substrate language, perhaps from the same origin that carba and carballo; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-wós (compare Latin curvus, "bent"). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaɾaˈβato̝/ === Noun === garabato m (plural garabatos) a small twig Synonyms: billote, garabullo pitchfork Synonyms: forca, forcada, galleta ==== Derived terms ==== Garabatos garabito garabizo garabullo === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “garabato”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garabato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “garabato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garabato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === DLE indicates Iberian [Term?] origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaɾaˈbato/ [ɡa.ɾaˈβ̞a.t̪o] Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: ga‧ra‧ba‧to === Noun === garabato m (plural garabatos) doodle, scribble (small mindless sketch) scribble, scratching (illegible writing) swear word Synonyms: disparate, palabrota, grosería a type of hook a type of hoe gibberish ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “garabato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “garabato”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 garabato | Diccionario • DELE Ahora