B1verb · intransitive · rare

skate

skate · skates · skated · skating

кататься на коньках, кататься на скейтборде

Schlittschuh laufen

To move along a surface using skatesTo move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.

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/skeɪt/

» Which is easier, skiing or skating?

Что легче: кататься на лыжах или на коньках?

Що легше: кататися на лижах чи на ковзанах?

Meaning

5 senses

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
Schlittschuh laufen
ката́ться на конька́хkatátʹsja na konʹkáx
move along on skates
To skateboard.
ката́ться на скейтбо́рдеkatátʹsja na skejtbórde
To use the skating technique.
(slang)To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
To move smoothly and easily.

Examples

401 sentences

Which is easier, skiing or skating?
Що легше: кататися на лижах чи на ковзанах? — deniko
ruЧто легче: кататься на лыжах или на коньках? — Fuzzyakin
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I went skating on the lake.
Я ходив кататися на ковзанах на озері. — ChickenKiev
ruЯ пошёл покататься на коньках на озеро. — Hellerick
deIch ging auf dem See Schlittschuh laufen. — raggione
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Are you good at ice skating?
Ти добре катаєшся на ковзанах? — deniko
ruВы хорошо катаетесь на коньках? — sharptoothed
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Can we roller-skate in this park?
Ми можемо покататися на роликах у цьому парку? — deniko
ruВ этом парке можно кататься на роликах? — afyodor
deKönnen wir in diesem Park Rollschuh fahren? — jakov
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Are you any good at ice skating?
Ти добре катаєшся на ковзанах? — deniko
ruВы хорошо катаетесь на коньках? — sharptoothed
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates:

to skateboard:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates:

Origin

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French es

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).

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