noun · countable / uncountable · rare

palaver

palaver · palavers

геморрой, долгие переговоры

Palaver

A village council meetingA village council meeting.

/pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)/

» We have no time to waste in idle palaver.

Мы не можем тратить время на праздную болтовню.

Meaning

6 senses

(Africa, countable, uncountable)A village council meeting.
(UK, countable, uncountable)Mentally draining activity, either physical or fuss.
What a palaver!
геморройgemorroj
(countable, uncountable)A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Disagreement.
I have no palaver with him.
(countable, uncountable)Talk intended to deceive.
flattery intended to persuade
(Canada, US, archaic, countable, uncountable)Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter.
Palaver
пу́стая болтовня́pústaja boltovnjá, пра́здная болтовня́prázdnaja boltovnjá
loud and confused and empty talk

Examples

2 sentences

We have no time to waste in idle palaver.
ruМы не можем тратить время на праздную болтовню.
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What a palaver!
ruКакая суматоха!
deWas für ein Zirkus!
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

meeting with much talk:

unnecessary talk, chatter:

mentally-draining activity:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

meeting with much talk:

Origin

Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“pa

Originally nautical slang, from Portuguese palavra (“word”), from Late Latin parabola (“parable, speech”). The term's use (especially in Africa) mimics the evolution of the word moot. As such, for sense development, see moot. Doublet of parable, parole, and parabola.

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