буксовать
Russian
Etymology
бу́кса (búksa, “metal box in which a train axle rotates and into which oil is poured”) + -ова́ть (-ovátʹ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʊksɐˈvatʲ]
Audio (file)
Verb
буксова́ть • (buksovátʹ) impf (perfective забуксова́ть)
- to skid, to spin around without traction (of a car or its wheels)
- (colloquial, figurative) to stall, to be in a gridlock
- 2018, Кровосток (lyrics and music), “Вишенка [Višenka]”, in ЧБ [ČB]:
- Что́-то должно́ помога́ть, когда́ буксу́ет иро́ния
На́до найти́ э́то «что́-то» и вколоти́ть э́то «что́-то» в штаке́т- Štó-to dolžnó pomogátʹ, kogdá buksújet irónija
Nádo najtí éto «štó-to» i vkolotítʹ éto «štó-to» v štakét - Something must abet, when irony has a stun
One must find “suttin” and slot this “suttin” in the bun
- Štó-to dolžnó pomogátʹ, kogdá buksújet irónija
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- забуксова́ть (zabuksovátʹ)
Related terms
- бу́кса (búksa)
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