garabato

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").[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaɾaˈβato̝/

Noun

garabato m (plural garabatos)

  1. a small twig
    Synonyms: billote, garabullo
  2. pitchfork
    Synonyms: forca, forcada, galleta

Derived terms

References
  • “garau” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “garabato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “garabato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “garabato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. garabato.

Spanish

Etymology

DLE indicates Iberian [Term?] origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡa. ɾa.ˈβa.to]

Noun

garabato m (plural garabatos)

  1. doodle, scribble (small mindless sketch)
  2. swearword
  3. A type of hook
  4. A type of hoe

Synonyms

Derived terms
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