gatear

== Spanish == === Etymology === From gato (“cat”) +‎ -ear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡateˈaɾ/ [ɡa.t̪eˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ga‧te‧ar === Verb === gatear (first-person singular present gateo, first-person singular preterite gateé, past participle gateado) to crawl (on hands and knees like a baby or toddler) to walk like a cat to inflict a wound with one's claws; to scratch ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gatear”, 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 Inglés sin Barreras: Diccionario Webster-Velázquez, Los Angeles: Lexicon, 1999