borronear

to smudge

borronear

transitive verb

1. (to blur)

a. to smudge

Mientras leía, lloraba, y sus lágrimas borronearon la escritura al punto de volverla casi ininteligible.

While she read the letter, she cried, and her tears smudged the writing to the point of making it almost unintelligible.

2. (to write carelessly)

a. to scrawl

Sin saber qué escribir, Marisa borroneó unas palabras en la postal.

Not knowing what to write, Marisa scrawled a few words on the postcard.