Meaning
3 sensesTo apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
tätowieren
татуи́роватьtatuírovatʹ, вы́татуироватьvýtatuirovatʹ
To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.
To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
- stain (skin) with indelible color
Examples
419 sentencesTom wanted to be a tattoo artist.
Том хотів бути майстром татуювання. — deniko
Tom has a tattoo on his arm.
У Тома на руці татуювання. — deniko
I don't want Tom to get a tattoo.
Я не хочу, аби Том робив татуювання. — deniko
ruЯ не хочу, чтобы Том делал татуировку. — Selena777
Everyone on the swim team got a tiny dolphin tattooed on their left shoulder.
Усі в команді з плавання зробили крихітне татуювання дельфіна на лівому плечі. — Ahha
I have a tattoo.
У мене є татуювання. — deniko
ruУ меня есть татуировка. — corvard
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).
From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.
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Forms
tattoos, tattooing, tattooed, tattooedWord family
5 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
Collocations
12 patterns- get a tattoo
- tattoo on his
- a tattoo on
- has a tattoo
- tattoo on my
- name tattooed on
- a tattoo artist
- tattoo of a
- a tattoo of
- tattoo artist
- tattoo removed
- name tattooed