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Meaning of etzibar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ə.d͡ziˈβa]

Definitions

  1. to hit with
    transitive
  2. to blurt (to utter suddenly and unadvisedly)
    figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“En un laboratori de Nova Zelanda n’hi havia un que va agafar una fixació amb una investigadora, fins al punt que sempre que passava pel costat de l’aquari el cefalòpode li etzibava un raig d’aigua al clatell.”

In a laboratory in New Zealand there was one [octopus] who became fixated on a reasearcher, to the point that every time she passed by the tank, the cephalopod hit her nape with a jet of water.

“En Batís, que a la seva manera podia ser molt diplomàtic, em va etzibar des de la cadira on seia: –Vol llibres? Li cal alguna distracció?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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