barboter

Meaning

1. to splash
2. (colloquial) to nick, to pinch (to steal)

Concepts

splash

plash

paddle

lap

dabble

beat

splosh

swash

wade

filch

flounder about

spatter

splash about

splatter

Synonyms

clapoter

patauger

bruit

se débattre

éclaboussure

se rouler

Translations

klotsen

plassen

ploeteren

door het water plassen

kabbelen

peddelen

sguazzare

paddeln

plonzen

klapperen

plätschern

planschen

klatschen

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chapinhar

chapotear

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baʁ.bɔ.te/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: borbeter

In summary

From earlier barbetter (“to dig about”), from Middle French borbeter (“to shake in the mud”), of uncertain origin:.
* Possibly from barbe (“beard”) + -oter
* From bourbouter (“wading (in mud)”), from bourbe (“mud, mire”)
* From an onomatopoeic root influenced by Latin ballus, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “to jump about”); this is also found in the second element of the genus Zygoballus
* Less likely, related to the fish barbote