An onomatopoeic word for the repeated light contact sound of a flat surface hitting something (e.g., soles or palms touching a floor or wall).
子どもが靴下で床をぺたぺた歩いている。
The child is walking on the floor in socks with a soft pat-pat sound.
濡れた靴底が廊下でぺたぺたと音を立てた。
Wet soles made a pat-pat sound in the hallway.
絵の具で手を汚して、手のひらを紙にぺたぺた押した。
Having painted hands, I pressed my palms onto the paper, making pat-pat prints.
An onomatopoeic/mimetic word for repeatedly pasting or stamping things (applying seals, stickers, or pasting paper all over).
子ども達が教室の壁に色紙をぺたぺた貼って飾り付けた。
The children pasted colored paper all over the classroom wall to decorate it.
彼は住所ラベルを封筒にぺたぺた貼っていた。
He was sticking address labels onto the envelopes one after another.
千社札を古い家具にぺたぺた貼って遊んだ。
They amused themselves by pasting lots of stickers on the old furniture.
An onomatopoeic/mimetic word for daubing or smearing (applying something by dabbing or smearing it across a surface).
ペンキをぺたぺた塗って壁の補修をした。
I dabbed paint on to patch up the wall.
ジャムをパンにぺたぺた塗って朝ごはんにした。
I spread jam on the bread in a dabby way for breakfast.
子どもが顔に泥をぺたぺた塗って遊んでいる。
The child is smearing mud all over their face, playing.