Meaning
scribble, doodle
- To draw or write carelessly, aimlessly, or illegibly; to doodle.
In a sentence
Durante la riunione continuava a scarabocchiare figure sul foglio.
During the meeting he kept doodling figures on the paper.
Chi ha scarabocchiato questo disegno sul muro?
Who scribbled this drawing on the wall?
Non scarabocchiare il libro di testo con la penna rossa!
Don't scribble in the textbook with red pen!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scarabocchiare | infinitive |
| scarabocchio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scarabocchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scarabocchiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scarabocchiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scarabocchierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scarabocchierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scarabocchieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scarabocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scarabocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scarabocchiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scarabocchiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scarabocchierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| scarabocchieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scarabocchieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scarabocchia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| scarabocchiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| scarabocchiando | gerund |
| scarabocchiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Derived from 'scarabocchio' (a doodle, scribble).
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.