подыгрывать

Russian

Etymology

подыгра́ть (podygrátʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈdɨɡrɨvətʲ]

Verb

поды́грывать • (podýgryvatʹimpf (perfective подыгра́ть)

  1. (music) to accompany [with dative ‘someone’ and с (s, + instrumental) ‘on an instrument’]
  2. (theater, sports, card games) to assist, to help (someone) play [with dative ‘someone’]
  3. (colloquial, figurative) to play along with (to help (someone) by assisting or going along with their actions) [with dative ‘someone’]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • поды́грываться impf (podýgryvatʹsja), подыгра́ться pf (podygrátʹsja)