затамовувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From the затамо́в- stem of затамува́ти (zatamuváty) +‎ -увати (-uvaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐtɐˈmɔwʊʋɐte]

Verb

затамо́вувати • (zatamóvuvatyimpf (perfective затамува́ти) (transitive)

  1. to hold back (to contain, to stop)
  2. to stem, to stanch, to suppress (to stop the flow of)
    затамо́вувати кровzatamóvuvaty krovto stem/stanch the blood
  3. to stifle, to suppress (to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat)
    затамо́вувати по́дихzatamóvuvaty pódyxto hold one's breath
  4. to stifle, to suppress (to prevent (something) from being revealed: emotion, feeling)

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Derived terms

  • затамо́вування n (zatamóvuvannja)
  • затамо́вуватися impf (zatamóvuvatysja)

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