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замотать

замотать

Russian

Verb

замота́ть (zamotátʹ) pf (imperfective зама́тывать)

  1. to roll up, fold up
  2. to twist (round), wind (round)
  3. (colloquial) to wear out, tire out
  4. (colloquial) to withhold, refuse to give, appropriate, help oneself, hook
  5. (colloquial) to tie up, bind up
    меня́ совсе́м де́ла замота́лиmenjá sovsém déla zamotáli ― I am completely tied up with (bound up in; snowed under with) my affairs
  6. to shake, begin to shake
    замота́ть голово́йzamotátʹ golovój ― to (begin to) shake one's head
    замота́ть хвосто́мzamotátʹ xvostóm ― to (begin to) wag one's tail

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • зама́тываться impf (zamátyvatʹsja), замота́ться pf (zamotátʹsja)

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