gabear

From Suevic [Term?] or Gothic; ultimately, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”). Compare gabito (“long hook”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡaβeˈaɾ/

gabear (first-person singular present gabeo, first-person singular preterite gabeei, past participle gabeado)
gabear (first-person singular present gabeio, first-person singular preterite gabeei, past participle gabeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to scale, to climb (using one's legs and arms)

   Synonyms: empoleirar, agatuñar, rubir

2. (of a plant) to climb

• gabita
• gabito

• “gabear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gabear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “gabear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gabear” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “gabear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.