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"Doodle" is a noun which is often translated as "el garabato", and "scribble" is a noun which is also often translated as "el garabato". Learn more about the difference between "doodle" and "scribble" below.
doodle(
du
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duhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el garabato (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Max filled the margin of his notebook with doodles while the professor lectured.Max llenó el margen de su cuaderno con garabatos mientras el profesor daba la clase.
This is an invaluable piece of abstract art. - Really? Those look like doodles to me.Esta es una pieza inestimable de arte abstracto. - ¿En serio? A mí me parecen garabatos.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. garabatear
What are you drawing? - Nothing. I'm just doodling.¿Qué estás dibujando? - Nada. Sólo estoy garabateando.
b. garrapatear
Victoria doodles while she's on the phone.Victoria garrapatea mientras habla por teléfono.
c. hacer garabatos
The kids doodled on each others shirts on the last day of school.Los niños se hicieron garabatos en las camisas el último día de clases.
scribble(
skrih
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buhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el garabato (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The artist's early sketches and scribbles give an insight into works he later produced.Los primeros dibujos y garabatos del pintor ayudan a comprender mejor su obra posterior.
a. los garabatos (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Her writing was really poor, a virtually illegible scribble.Tenía muy mala letra: unos garabatos prácticamente ilegibles.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. garabatear
The journalists scribbled notes as the senator spoke.Mientras hablaba el senador, los periodistas garabateaban sus notas.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (to scrawl)
a. garabatear
If you give Danny a pencil and paper, he'll amuse himself scribbling for hours.Si le das un lápiz y papel a Danny, se entretenerá durante horas garabateando.
b. hacer garabatos
I came back to find the kids had scribbled all over the walls in the living room.Al volver me encontré con que los niños se habían dedicado a hacer garabatos en las paredes del living.
