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губаторить

English translation: keep his blabbermouth shut

13:03 Oct 18, 2019
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Сленг
Russian term or phrase: губаторить
Я сегодня уйду с работы пораньше. - Базара нет. Главное, чтобы он не губаторил.
Olesya Poleschuk
Kazakhstan
Local time: 13:31
English translation:keep his blabbermouth shut
Explanation:
As long as he keeps his pie hole shut.
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IrinaN
United States
Local time: 03:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2keep his blabbermouth shut
IrinaN
3run off at the mouth
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
4 -1to wax poetic
Katya Kesten
3 -1engage in chatter
Vladyslav Golovaty


Discussion entries: 5





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
run off at the mouth


Explanation:
run off at the mouth

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-10-18 15:15:10 GMT)
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blurt out or blab out тоже вполне может быть

Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Local time: 14:31
Native speaker of: Native in UzbekUzbek, Native in KirghizKirghiz
PRO pts in category: 31
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
engage in chatter


Explanation:
talk (to, with, about, of), converse (with), speak (to, with)
Аристант Тюрьмы. Срок не резиновый главное не губаторить. https://vk.com/id377518751
Как поставлю рестайловый — старый кусками улетит на работу, буду губаторить — что можно куда впиндюрить или поменять… https://www.drive2.ru/experience/toyota/g2079/?to=1317472547...



    Reference: http://www.slovonovo.ru/term/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%...
    https://blog.smarterqueue.com/engage-followers-conversation/
Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Local time: 11:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Boris Shapiro: Ага, так и вижу, как зеки на зоне engage in chatter. 'I say!'
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
keep his blabbermouth shut


Explanation:
As long as he keeps his pie hole shut.

IrinaN
United States
Local time: 03:31
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Knowles: Just "keep his mouth shut". No need to go overboard with the slang!
16 hrs
  -> :-)
agree  Katya Kesten: with specifically using "blabbermouth" because "keeping one's mouth shut" is associated with not revealing information (keeping a secret).
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Katya.
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
to wax poetic


Explanation:
1. To become increasingly verbose.
2. (often pejorative) To speak in an increasingly verbose manner, as if constructing poetry.

In speech, more often than not, this is used ironically to reflect that someone's been going on and on (speaking) for an unnecessarily long time and to make fun of the way they were doing it (often giving something exaggerated importance).

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Note added at 20 hrs (2019-10-19 09:21:42 GMT)
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"I just hope he doesn't start waxing poetic, again." If the character saying this is referring to a particular situation in which this occurred and not to a character trait.

Example sentence(s):
  • I just hope he doesn't start waxing poetic like he normally does.

    https://www.yourdictionary.com/wax-poetic
Katya Kesten
Local time: 03:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 35

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Boris Shapiro: The stylistics here are very much different. / Theoretically, yes. But do note Pavlo's reaction in the discussion thread. 'Wax lyrical', however sarcastically used, would never trigger such a reaction. It lacks the intrinsic rudeness of the original.
1 hr
  -> I think губаторить is a "gopnik" thing so I feel like it works because rappers, also associated with a certain social class (before they make it, at least) often specifically pepper their lyrics with big words they learned in school.
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