Spanish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Of imitative origin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baɾboteˈaɾ/ [baɾ.β̞o.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bar‧bo‧te‧ar

Verb edit

barbotear (first-person singular present barboteo, first-person singular preterite barboteé, past participle barboteado)

  1. (intransitive) to babble; to waffle

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • barbotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN