chat
To be engaged in informal conversationTo be engaged in informal conversation.
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» Tom is chatting with his friends.
Tom plauscht mit seinen Freunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том болтает с друзьями. — Wezel
Том балакає з друзями. — deniko
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By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Examples
389 sentencesTom is chatting with his friends.
Том балакає з друзями. — deniko
ruТом болтает с друзьями. — Wezel
deTom plauscht mit seinen Freunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom chatted with Mary.
Том побалакав з Мері. — deniko
ruТом болтал с Мэри. — sharptoothed
deTom unterhielt sich mit Maria. — Yorwba
I chatted with Tom.
Я побалакав із Томом. — deniko
deIch habe mit Tom geplaudert. — Sudajaengi
Meaning
5 sensesTo be engaged in informal conversation.
She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
sich unterhalten, plaudern, schwatzen
разгова́риватьrazgovárivatʹ, болта́тьboltátʹ
бала́катиbalákaty
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).
Do you want to chat online later?
chatten
ча́титьсяčátitʹsja
To talk a while in a friendly manner.
I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
More meanings 2
(transitive)To talk of; to discuss.
They chatted politics for a while.
(informal, often, slang)To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
Forms
chats, chatting, chatted, chattedTenses
chat · chatted · will chat · have chattedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbs- chat awayTo keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.
- chat upanquatschen, anbaggernchamuyar, camelardraguer, emballergawędzić, podrywaćcantar, dar em cima deTo talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
Synonyms
29 synonyms- talk socially without exchanging too much information:chew the fatshoot the breezeconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffer
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Small talk — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.