Meaning of kohauttaa | Babel Free
/ˈkohɑutːɑːˣ/Määritelmät
- to cause to murmur shortly, as an audience
- to shrug (one's shoulders); in Finnish always used in this sense with olkapäät (“shoulders”) (or its synonyms) and appropriate possessive suffix.
Esimerkit
“Puhuja kohautti yleisöään kuvailemalla keksittyjä yksityiskohtia intiaanien julmuuksista.”
The speaker caused a murmur among his audience by describing invented details of the atrocities of the Indians.
“Kun hän näki vian, hän vain kohautti olkapäitään ja alkoi korjata sitä.”
When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.
CEFR-taso
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.