коверкать

Russian

FWOTD – 20 July 2017

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [kɐˈvʲerkətʲ]

Verb

кове́ркать (kovérkatʹ) impf (perfective искове́ркать)

  1. (colloquial) to mispronounce words and sounds
    • 1969, Булгаков, chapter 1, in Мастер и Маргарита:
      — Извините меня, пожалуйста, — заговорил подошедший с иностранным акцентом, но не коверкая слов
  2. (colloquial, familiar) to break, to destroy
  3. (colloquial) to recite one's opponent's speech with mistakes; to distort another's speech

Conjugation

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