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snakke

verbverb

to talk · to speak

EtymologyOpphav

av lavtysk snacken, opprinnelig lydord from Low German snacken, originally onomatopoeic

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. prate, samtale;
    jamfør snakkesto talk to each other, to speak later · to be talked about, to be a topic of conversation     to chat, to converse;
    compare snakkesto talk to each other, to speak later · to be talked about, to be a topic of conversation
    • snakke med hverandre to talk to each other
    • vi snakket sammen på telefon we talked on the phone
    • jeg snakker på vegne av flere I speak on behalf of several people
    • snakke om andre ting to talk about other things
    • det er ikke noe å snakke om there's nothing to talk about
    • vi har aldri snakket om det we've never talked about it
  2. skravle to chatter, to prattle
    • snakke i ett kjør to talk non-stop
    • snakke seg fra noe to talk one's way out of something
    • han snakker i vei om hobbyen sin he talks away about his hobby
  3. bruke sin taleevne to use one's power of speech
    • barnet kunne ikke snakke ennå the child couldn't speak yet
    • snakke rent to speak clearly
    • snakke russisk to speak Russian
    • snakk høyere! speak up!
  4. drøfte to discuss
    • snakke forretninger to talk business
  5. sladre to gossip
    • de snakket om henne over hele byen the whole town was talking about her
  6. brukt i utrop om noe storartet used in exclamations about something splendid
    • snakk om flaks! talk about luck!
    • du snakker om flott forestilling! talk about a great show!

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

snakke bort bagatellisere (en sak eller et emne) to trivialise (a matter or a subject) Eng. phraseto play something down
  • ikke snakk bort det barnet sier! don't play down what the child says!
snakke etter munnen jatte med to go along with someone Eng. phraseto tell someone what they want to hear
snakke for seg ordlegge seg for saken sin to express oneself in support of one's own case Eng. phraseto state one's case
  • hun snakket godt for seg she put her case well
snakke forbi hverandre ikke forstå hverandre i en samtale to fail to understand each other in a conversation Eng. phraseto talk past each other
snakke frampå om ymte, begynne å snakke om, gjøre hentydninger om to hint, to begin to talk about, to make allusions to Eng. phraseto drop hints about
snakke noen rundt overbevise, overtale eller narre noen ved hjelp av snakk;
rundsnakketo talk someone round, to sweet-talk someone into something to convince, persuade or trick someone through talk;
to talk someone into somethingrundsnakke Eng. phraseto talk someone round
snakke noen til rette snakke noen til fornuft;
irettesetteto reprimand, to rebuke, to tell off to talk sense into someone;
to reprimandirettesette
snakke over seg tale i villelse to speak in delirium
snakke til
  1. henvende seg til to address someone
    • politikeren snakker til hele landet the politician is speaking to the whole country
  2. irettesette to reprimand Eng. phraseto tell someone off
    • det nyttet ikke å snakke til bråkmakerne it was no use telling the troublemakers off
snakke ut si noe som ligger en på hjertet to say what is on one's mind Eng. phraseto get something off one's chest
  • de snakket ut om det de hadde opplevd they talked openly about what they had experienced