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Russian word of the day: Опростоволоситься

Jan 26, 2018 (see all)
oпростоволо́ситься
[ a-pra-sta-va-ló-see-tsa ]
Verb , perfective
to blunder, to make a blunder / gaffe / howler
Hard Russian words

Examples

  • Тебе́ сто́ит отрепети́ровать речь, е́сли ты не хо́чешь опростоволо́ситься.

    tee-byé stó-eet at-ree-pee-tée-ra-vat' ryech, yés-lee ty nye hó-chesh a-pra-sta-va-ló-see-tsa

    You should rehearse the speech if you do not want to mess up.

  • Я немно́го опростоволо́силась, перепу́тав его́ и́мя.

    ya nee-mnó-ga a-pra-sta-va-ló-see-las', pee-ree-pú-taf ye-vó ée-mya

    I looked rather silly when I got his name wrong.

Опростоволоситься - Conjugation
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Same stem words

в́олос [vó-las] Noun , masculine , plural - во́лосы
hair

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безала́берность disorderliness, negligence, carelessness
приспособле́ние (process) adaptation, accommodation; (object) device, appliance, gadget
запропасти́ться to get lost, to disappear
головокруже́ние giddiness, dizziness; vertigo

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