"коверкать" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Russian]

IPA: [kɐˈvʲerkətʲ]
Etymology: ко- (ko-) + верте́ть (vertétʹ) + -кать (-katʹ) Etymology templates: {{af|ru|ко-|верте́ть|-кать}} ко- (ko-) + верте́ть (vertétʹ) + -кать (-katʹ) Head templates: {{ru-verb|кове́ркать|impf|pf=искове́ркать}} кове́ркать • (kovérkatʹ) impf (perfective искове́ркать) Inflection templates: {{ru-conj|impf|1a+p|кове́ркать}} Forms: кове́ркать [canonical], kovérkatʹ [romanization], искове́ркать [perfective], imperfective transitive [table-tags], кове́ркать [imperfective, infinitive], кове́ркающий [active, participle, present], кове́ркавший [active, participle, past], кове́ркаемый [participle, passive, present], кове́рканный [participle, passive, past], кове́ркая [adverbial, participle, present], кове́ркав [adverbial, participle, past], кове́ркавши [adverbial, participle, past], кове́ркаю [first-person, present, singular], бу́ду кове́ркать [first-person, future, singular], кове́ркаешь [present, second-person, singular], бу́дешь кове́ркать [future, second-person, singular], кове́ркает [present, singular, third-person], бу́дет кове́ркать [future, singular, third-person], кове́ркаем [first-person, plural, present], бу́дем кове́ркать [first-person, future, plural], кове́ркаете [plural, present, second-person], бу́дете кове́ркать [future, plural, second-person], кове́ркают [plural, present, third-person], бу́дут кове́ркать [future, plural, third-person], кове́ркай [imperative, singular], кове́ркайте [imperative, plural], кове́ркал [masculine, past, singular], кове́ркали [masculine, past, plural], кове́ркала [feminine, past, singular], кове́ркали [feminine, past, plural], кове́ркало [neuter, past, singular], кове́ркали [neuter, past, plural]
  1. (colloquial) to mispronounce words and sounds Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-коверкать-ru-verb-oLnSAbJv Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian terms prefixed with ко-, Russian terms suffixed with -кать Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 60 21 19 Disambiguation of Russian terms prefixed with ко-: 44 25 31 Disambiguation of Russian terms suffixed with -кать: 54 20 26
  2. (colloquial, familiar) to break, to destroy Tags: colloquial, familiar
    Sense id: en-коверкать-ru-verb-dTwq3Ghg
  3. (colloquial) to recite one's opponent's speech with mistakes; to distort another's speech Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-коверкать-ru-verb-3f~fQfw2 Disambiguation of Talking: 30 9 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: кове́ркаться (kovérkatʹsja) [imperfective], искове́ркать (iskovérkatʹ) [perfective], искове́ркивать (iskovérkivatʹ) [imperfective], искове́ркаться (iskovérkatʹsja) [perfective], перекове́ркать (perekovérkatʹ) [perfective], перекове́ркивать (perekovérkivatʹ) [imperfective], покове́ркать (pokovérkatʹ) [perfective]

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kovérkatʹsja",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кове́ркаться"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "iskovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "искове́ркать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "iskovérkivatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "искове́ркивать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "iskovérkatʹsja",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "искове́ркаться"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "perekovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перекове́ркать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "perekovérkivatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перекове́ркивать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pokovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "покове́ркать"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ко-",
        "3": "верте́ть",
        "4": "-кать"
      },
      "expansion": "ко- (ko-) + верте́ть (vertétʹ) + -кать (-katʹ)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ко- (ko-) + верте́ть (vertétʹ) + -кать (-katʹ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "кове́ркать",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "искове́ркать",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfective transitive",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1a imperfective transitive",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркать",
      "roman": "kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркающий",
      "roman": "kovérkajuščij",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркавший",
      "roman": "kovérkavšij",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаемый",
      "roman": "kovérkajemyj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́рканный",
      "roman": "kovérkannyj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркая",
      "roman": "kovérkaja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркав",
      "roman": "kovérkav",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркавши",
      "roman": "kovérkavši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаю",
      "roman": "kovérkaju",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́ду кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdu kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаешь",
      "roman": "kovérkaješʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дешь кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdešʹ kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркает",
      "roman": "kovérkajet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дет кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdet kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаем",
      "roman": "kovérkajem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дем кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdem kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаете",
      "roman": "kovérkajete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дете кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdete kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркают",
      "roman": "kovérkajut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дут кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdut kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркай",
      "roman": "kovérkaj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркайте",
      "roman": "kovérkajte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркал",
      "roman": "kovérkal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркали",
      "roman": "kovérkali",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркала",
      "roman": "kovérkala",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркали",
      "roman": "kovérkali",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркало",
      "roman": "kovérkalo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркали",
      "roman": "kovérkali",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "кове́ркать",
        "2": "impf",
        "pf": "искове́ркать"
      },
      "expansion": "кове́ркать • (kovérkatʹ) impf (perfective искове́ркать)",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "impf",
        "2": "1a+p",
        "3": "кове́ркать"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "60 21 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 25 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian terms prefixed with ко-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian terms suffixed with -кать",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Excuse me,\" began the man who had approached them. He had a foreign accent, but did not mispronounce any words",
          "ref": "1969, Булгаков, chapter 1, in Мастер и Маргарита",
          "text": "— Извините меня, пожалуйста, — заговорил подошедший с иностранным акцентом, но не коверкая слов\n— Izvinite menja, požalujsta, — zagovoril podošedšij s inostrannym akcentom, no ne koverkaja slov",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mispronounce words and sounds"
      ],
      "id": "en-коверкать-ru-verb-oLnSAbJv",
      "links": [
        [
          "mispronounce",
          "mispronounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to mispronounce words and sounds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to break, to destroy"
      ],
      "id": "en-коверкать-ru-verb-dTwq3Ghg",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, familiar) to break, to destroy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "familiar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 9 60",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "ru:Talking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recite one's opponent's speech with mistakes; to distort another's speech"
      ],
      "id": "en-коверкать-ru-verb-3f~fQfw2",
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ],
        [
          "distort",
          "distort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to recite one's opponent's speech with mistakes; to distort another's speech"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈvʲerkətʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "коверкать"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Russian 3-syllable words",
    "Russian class 1 verbs",
    "Russian class 1a verbs",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian imperfective verbs",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian terms prefixed with ко-",
    "Russian terms suffixed with -кать",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Russian transitive verbs",
    "Russian verbs",
    "ru:Talking"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kovérkatʹsja",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кове́ркаться"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iskovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "искове́ркать"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iskovérkivatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "искове́ркивать"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iskovérkatʹsja",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "искове́ркаться"
    },
    {
      "roman": "perekovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перекове́ркать"
    },
    {
      "roman": "perekovérkivatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перекове́ркивать"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pokovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "покове́ркать"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ко-",
        "3": "верте́ть",
        "4": "-кать"
      },
      "expansion": "ко- (ko-) + верте́ть (vertétʹ) + -кать (-katʹ)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ко- (ko-) + верте́ть (vertétʹ) + -кать (-katʹ)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "кове́ркать",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kovérkatʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "искове́ркать",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfective transitive",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1a imperfective transitive",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркать",
      "roman": "kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркающий",
      "roman": "kovérkajuščij",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркавший",
      "roman": "kovérkavšij",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаемый",
      "roman": "kovérkajemyj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́рканный",
      "roman": "kovérkannyj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркая",
      "roman": "kovérkaja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркав",
      "roman": "kovérkav",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркавши",
      "roman": "kovérkavši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаю",
      "roman": "kovérkaju",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́ду кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdu kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаешь",
      "roman": "kovérkaješʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дешь кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdešʹ kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркает",
      "roman": "kovérkajet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дет кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdet kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаем",
      "roman": "kovérkajem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дем кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdem kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркаете",
      "roman": "kovérkajete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дете кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdete kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркают",
      "roman": "kovérkajut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дут кове́ркать",
      "roman": "búdut kovérkatʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркай",
      "roman": "kovérkaj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркайте",
      "roman": "kovérkajte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркал",
      "roman": "kovérkal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркали",
      "roman": "kovérkali",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркала",
      "roman": "kovérkala",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркали",
      "roman": "kovérkali",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркало",
      "roman": "kovérkalo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кове́ркали",
      "roman": "kovérkali",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "кове́ркать",
        "2": "impf",
        "pf": "искове́ркать"
      },
      "expansion": "кове́ркать • (kovérkatʹ) impf (perfective искове́ркать)",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "impf",
        "2": "1a+p",
        "3": "кове́ркать"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms",
        "Russian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Excuse me,\" began the man who had approached them. He had a foreign accent, but did not mispronounce any words",
          "ref": "1969, Булгаков, chapter 1, in Мастер и Маргарита",
          "text": "— Извините меня, пожалуйста, — заговорил подошедший с иностранным акцентом, но не коверкая слов\n— Izvinite menja, požalujsta, — zagovoril podošedšij s inostrannym akcentom, no ne koverkaja slov",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mispronounce words and sounds"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mispronounce",
          "mispronounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to mispronounce words and sounds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms",
        "Russian familiar terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break, to destroy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, familiar) to break, to destroy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "familiar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recite one's opponent's speech with mistakes; to distort another's speech"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ],
        [
          "distort",
          "distort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to recite one's opponent's speech with mistakes; to distort another's speech"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɐˈvʲerkətʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "коверкать"
}

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