No. 9,181 in Catalan
gatejar
To crawl.
In a sentence
Els nadons comencen a gatejar quan tenen uns mesos.
Babies start crawling when they are a few months old.
Here, 'gatejar' is used in its literal sense to indicate the act of crawling done by infants.
Va haver de gatejar sota la taula per agafar el llapis caigut.
He had to crawl under the table to pick up the dropped pencil.
In this sentence, 'gatejar' describes the physical action of crawling under an object, indicating movement in a limited space.
El gat gatejava pel sofà a la recerca d'un lloc còmode.
The cat was crawling on the sofa seeking a comfortable spot.
Here, 'gatejar' is used metaphorically to describe the movement of a cat, not a human infant, emphasizing the versatility of the term
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