bąkać
See also: bakać
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫkati.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbąkać impf (perfective bąknąć)
- (transitive, colloquial) to mutter (to utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed)
- Synonym: mamrotać
- bąkać przeprosiny ― to mumble an apology
- bąkać pod nosem ― to mutter under one's breath
- (intransitive, colloquial) to hint (to imply without a direct statement) [with o (+ locative) ‘at something’]
- Synonyms: napomykać, przebąkiwać
- (intransitive, of some birds) to buzz (to sing and sound like an insect)
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔŋkat͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔŋkat͡ɕ/2 syllables
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