затамувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From за- (za-) +‎ тамува́ти (tamuváty). Compare Polish zatamować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐtɐmʊˈʋate]

Verb

затамува́ти • (zatamuvátypf (imperfective затамо́вувати) (transitive)

  1. to hold back (to contain, to stop)
  2. to stem, to stanch, to suppress (to stop the flow of)
    затамува́ти кровzatamuváty 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)
    затамува́ти по́дихzatamuváty pódyxto hold one's breath
  4. to stifle, to suppress (to prevent (something) from being revealed: emotion, feeling)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • затамува́ння n (zatamuvánnja)
  • затамува́тися pf (zatamuvátysja)

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