заплутувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From заплу́тати (zaplútaty) +‎ -увати (-uvaty). Compare Russian запу́тывать (zapútyvatʹ), Belarusian заблы́тваць (zablýtvacʹ), Polish zaplątywać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐˈpɫutʊʋɐte]

Verb

заплу́тувати • (zaplútuvatyimpf (perfective заплу́тати) (transitive)

  1. (literally) to entangle, to ravel, to tangle
  2. (figuratively) to complicate, to muddle, to obfuscate
  3. (figuratively) to embroil, to enmesh, to entangle

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • заплу́туватися impf (zaplútuvatysja)

Further reading