English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

извъртам — meaning in English

izvartam

Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead

English meaning

  • equivocate verb To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
  • fudge noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
  • hedge noun A row of closely planted bushes or shrubs forming a barrier or boundary.
  • prevaricate verb To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
  • slue verb To rotate something on an axis.
  • sophisticate verb To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
  • twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.

Senses

извъртам is used for these senses in English:

  • equivocate (intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
  • fudge (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
  • hedge (ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
  • palter To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
  • prevaricate (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
  • slue (transitive) To turn something sharply.
  • sophisticate To make (something) more sophisticated; to develop, to refine. [from late 18th c.]
  • twist To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.

equivocate — full definition

  1. verb To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
  2. verb To render equivocal or ambiguous.

fudge — full definition

  1. noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
  2. verb To avoid giving a direct or honest answer.
  3. verb To alter or manipulate figures or facts slightly, often to hide a problem.

Related Bulgarian words