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parjata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diss verb To insult someone or show them disrespect, especially through words.
  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • fare noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
  • fend verb To look after or provide for oneself, without relying on others.
  • hack verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
  • live verb To be alive; to have life.
  • make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
  • rebuke noun A sharp expression of disapproval; a scolding.
  • scold verb To criticize someone sharply, usually for doing something wrong.
  • spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.
  • vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

Senses

parjata is used for these senses in English:

  • diss (slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
  • do (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
  • fare (intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
  • fend (intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
  • fend (rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
  • get along (intransitive, idiomatic) To survive; to do well enough.
  • hack To withstand or put up with a difficult situation. [20th c.]
  • hold a candle (chiefly in the negative) To compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another. [with to] [from mid 16th c.]

diss — full definition

  1. verb To insult someone or show them disrespect, especially through words.
  2. noun An insult or put-down.

do — full definition

  1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
  3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
  4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
  5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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