No. 11,699 in Spanish
garabateados
"Scribbled" or "scrawled."
In a sentence
Los dibujos garabateados en el margen del libro me hicieron sonreír.
The doodles scribbled in the margin of the book made me smile.
In this example, 'garabateados' describes the condition of the drawings being scribbled or hastily marked in the book margins.
Encontré unas notas garabateadas en una hoja de papel sobre la mesa.
I found some scribbled notes on a sheet of paper on the table.
Here, 'garabateadas' characterizes the notes as written hastily or carelessly on the paper.
Los nombres garabateados en la pared eran difíciles de leer.
The names scribbled on the wall were hard to read.
The term 'garabateados' in this sentence conveys that the names on the wall were written in an untidy or irregular manner.
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