Meaning

1 senses

  1. To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.

    The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid.

    nachplappern

    механи́чески повторя́тьmexaníčeski povtorjátʹ, попуга́йничатьpopugájničatʹ

    наслі́дуватиnaslíduvaty, мавпува́тиmavpuváty

More definitions
  • repeat mindlessly

Examples

247 sentences

  1. My parrot died yesterday.

    Вчора помер мій папуга. — deniko

    ruВчера умер мой попугай. — Lenin_1917

    deMein Papagei ist gestern gestorben. — jxan

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  2. The parrot is dead.

    Папуга мертвий. — deniko

    ruПопугай мёртв. — marafon

    deDer Papagei ist tot. — Esperantostern

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  3. I want a parrot.

    Я хочу папугу. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу попугая. — marafon

    deIch will einen Papagei. — mayabe

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  4. Tom bought a parrot.

    Том купив папугу. — deniko

    ruТом купил попугая. — Wezel

    deTom hat einen Papagei gekauft. — mhr

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  5. A parrot can imitate human speech.

    ruПопугай может подражать человеческой речи. — Lenin_1917

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to repeat exactly without showing understanding:
Русский
By meaning 1
to repeat exactly without showing understanding:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to repeat exactly without showing understanding:

Origin

First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shor

First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.

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Forms

parrots, parroting, parroted, parroted
Base formparrot · to parrot
3rd person singularparrots
Present participleparroting
Past simpleparroted / parrotted
Past participleparroted / parrotted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyparrot
he, she, itparrots

Past simpleLesson

all personsparroted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave parroted
he, she, ithas parroted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill parrot

Synonyms

2 synonyms
to repeat exactly:apeB1copycat

Word family

7 related words
Derivedparrot fashionparrotismparrotizeparrotrypoll parrotunparrotedparroter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
paroleparoleeparquetparryparse
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