borronear
Spanish, verb/boroneˈaɾ/
borronear is spelled B-O-R-R-O-N-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish, the 282,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borronear is a Spanish verb meaning “to blot, smudge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escribir o dibujar sin ningún motivo en específico o por mero entretenimiento”.
What does borronear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blot, smudge
- 2
to scribble
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Escribir o dibujar sin ningún motivo en específico o por mero entretenimiento. 2. Reducir la nitidez de una imagen.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of borronear
- borroneo first-person present singular
- borroneé first-person preterite singular
- borroneado participle past
- borroneando gerund
- borroneada feminine participle past
- borroneados masculine participle past
- borroneadas feminine participle past
- borroneas indicative informal present
- borroneás indicative informal present
- borronea indicative present singular
- borroneamos first-person indicative plural
- borroneáis indicative plural present
- borronean indicative plural present
- borroneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- borroneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- borroneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- borroneabais imperfect indicative plural
- borroneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borronear?
- /boroneˈaɾ/
- [bo.ro.neˈaɾ]
- [boroneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to borronear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borronear in Spanish?
borronear appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).