garabato
Spanish, noun/ɡaɾaˈbato/
garabato is spelled G-A-R-A-B-A-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,132nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garabato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “doodle, scribble (small mindless sketch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de hierro con punta en forma de semicírculo, que sirve para tener colgadas en él cosas o para…”.
What does garabato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedoodle, scribble (small mindless sketch)
- 2
masculinescribble, scratching (illegible writing)
- 3
masculineswear word
- 4
masculinea type of hook
- 5
masculinea type of hoe
- 6
masculinegibberish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de hierro con punta en forma de semicírculo, que sirve para tener colgadas en él cosas o para agarrarlas. 2. Almocafre. 3. Soguilla pequeña con una estaca corta en cada extremo, para asir con ella la moña o hacecillo de lino crudo y tenerlo firme a los golpes del mazo con le quitan la gárgola o simiente. 4. Arado en que el timón se sustituye por dos piezas de madera unidas a la cama y que permiten que haga el tiro una sola caballería.
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 garabato
- garabatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garabato?
- /ɡaɾaˈbato/
- [ɡa.ɾaˈβ̞a.t̪o]
- [gaɾaˈβ̞at̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garabato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garabato in Spanish?
garabato appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).