chat

1. To 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

2. To talk a while in a friendly manner.

   I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.

3. (transitive)To talk of; to discuss.

   They chatted politics for a while.

4. (informal, often, slang)To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).

   Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.

5. 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

1. Tom had a chat with Mary.

   Том побалакав з Мері. — deniko

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2. Let's go have a chat with Tom.

   Підемо побалакаємо з Томом. — deniko

   ruДавай пойдем поговорим с Томом. — sharptoothed

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3. Let me have a little chat with Tom.

   Дозвольте я швиденько поговорю з Томом. — deniko

   ruДай я немного поболтаю с Томом. — Karok

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4. I had a chat with Tom.

   Ми з Томом поговорили. — deniko

   ruУ меня был разговор с Томом. — sharptoothed

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5. I want to have a little chat with you about Tom.

   Я хочу трохи поговорити з тобою про Тома. — rmdas

   ruЯ хочу немного поговорить с тобой о Томе. — odexed

   deIch will mich einmal mit dir über Tom unterhalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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regular · Lesson

• chat upTo 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.
• chat awayTo keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.