croak
To make a croak soundTo make a croak sound.
» Can you hear the frogs croaking?
Слышишь, как квакают лягушки?
Meaning
7 senses(intransitive)To make a croak sound.
krächzen
хрипе́тьxripétʹ
(transitive)To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
(intransitive)To make its vocal sound.
quaken
ква́катьkvákatʹ
ква́катиkvákaty
(intransitive, slang)To die.
krepieren, abkratzen
сдыха́тьsdyxátʹ, сдо́хнутьsdóxnutʹ
ґи́ґнутиgýgnuty, здиха́тиzdyxáty, здо́хнутиzdóxnuty
(slang, transitive)To kill.
He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
замочи́тьzamočítʹ, ко́кнутьkóknutʹ, завали́тьzavalítʹ
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
(slang)To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.
Examples
27 sentencesCan you hear the frogs croaking?
ruСлышишь, как квакают лягушки?
I've never heard a frog croak.
ruЯ никогда не слышал, как квакает лягушка.
Can you hear frogs croaking?
ruСлышишь, как лягушки квакают?
The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.
Сюрчання цвіркунів та квакання жаб мене заколисують.
ruСтрекотание сверчков и кваканье лягушек меня усыпляют.
Since there are rice paddies near my house, I often hear frogs croaking all night long this time of year.
ruИз-за того, что рядом с моим домом есть рисовые поля, я в это время года часто всю ночь слышу лягушачье кваканье.
deWegen der Reisfelder in der Nähe meines Hauses kann ich zu dieser Jahreszeit oft die ganze Nacht lang die Frösche quaken hören.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formationFrom Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcetung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-g-, from *greh₂-k-, of onomatopoeic origin.
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Forms
croaks, croaking, croaked, croakedSynonyms
22 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle