загнуть

Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) + гнуть (gnutʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐɡˈnutʲ]

Verb

загну́ть (zagnútʹ) pf (imperfective загиба́ть)

  1. to turn up, turn down, bend
    загнуть палецzagnutʹ palecto bend/crook a finger
    загнуть страницуzagnutʹ stranicuturn down [dog-ear] the page
    загнуть ценуzagnutʹ cenuto ask/charge an exorbitant price
  2. (collloquial) to exaggerate, pull someone's leg
  3. (vernacular) to say, let loose
    загнуть крепкое словцоzagnutʹ krepkoje slovcoto let loose an expletive; utter a strong/bad/swear word
    ну и вопрос он загнул!nu i vopros on zagnul!some question he asked!

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