zaragutear
Spanish, verb/θaɾaɡuteˈaɾ/
zaragutear is a Spanish verb meaning “to muddle up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Crear desorden o enredos, hacer algo de modo torpe o atropellado”.
What does zaragutear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto muddle up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Crear desorden o enredos, hacer algo de modo torpe o atropellado. 2. Revolver en el interior de una cosa en busca de algo.
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 zaragutear
- zaraguteo first-person present singular
- zaraguteé first-person preterite singular
- zaraguteado participle past
- zaraguteando gerund
- zaraguteada feminine participle past
- zaraguteados masculine participle past
- zaraguteadas feminine participle past
- zaraguteas indicative informal present
- zaraguteás indicative informal present
- zaragutea indicative present singular
- zaraguteamos first-person indicative plural
- zaraguteáis indicative plural present
- zaragutean indicative plural present
- zaraguteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- zaraguteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- zaraguteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- zaraguteabais imperfect indicative plural
- zaraguteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zaragutear?
- /θaɾaɡuteˈaɾ/
- [θa.ɾa.ɣ̞u.t̪eˈaɾ]
- /saɾaɡuteˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.