tarabelear

Galician

Alternative forms

• taravelear (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From tarabela (“gimlet; mill beater; fool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taɾaβeleˈaɾ]

Verb

tarabelear (first-person singular present tarabeleo, first-person singular preterite tarabeleei, past participle tarabeleado)

1. to prattle, babble

   Synonym: laretar

2. to waste somebody's time

   Synonym: enredar

3. to act haphazardly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tarabelear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tarabelear
Personal	tarabelear	tarabeleares	tarabelear	tarabelearmos	tarabeleardes	tarabelearen
Gerund
	tarabeleando
Past participle
Masculine	tarabeleado			tarabeleados
Feminine	tarabeleada			tarabeleadas
Indicative
Present	tarabeleo	tarabeleas	tarabelea	tarabeleamos	tarabeleades	tarabelean
Imperfect	tarabeleaba	tarabeleabas	tarabeleaba	tarabeleabamos	tarabeleabades	tarabeleaban
Preterite	tarabeleei	tarabeleaches	tarabeleou	tarabeleamos	tarabeleastes	tarabelearon
Pluperfect	tarabeleara	tarabelearas	tarabeleara	tarabelearamos	tarabelearades	tarabelearan
Future	tarabelearei	tarabelearás	tarabeleará	tarabelearemos	tarabelearedes	tarabelearán
Conditional	tarabelearía	tarabelearías	tarabelearía	tarabeleariamos	tarabeleariades	tarabelearían
Subjunctive
Present	tarabelee	tarabelees	tarabelee	tarabeleemos	tarabeleedes	tarabeleen
Imperfect	tarabelease	tarabeleases	tarabelease	tarabeleásemos	tarabeleásedes	tarabeleasen
Future	tarabelear	tarabeleares	tarabelear	tarabelearmos	tarabeleardes	tarabelearen
Imperative
Affirmative		tarabelea	tarabelee	tarabeleemos	tarabeleade	tarabeleen
Negative (non)		non tarabelees	non tarabelee	non tarabeleemos	non tarabeleedes	non tarabeleen

Derived terms

• tarabelada

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tarabelear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tarabelear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tarabelear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN