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жа́ловаться — meaning in English

zhalovatsya

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English meaning

  • complain verb To express dissatisfaction, annoyance, or pain about something.
  • gripe verb To complain, often persistently about something minor.

Senses

жа́ловаться is used for these senses in English:

  • complain (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  • complain (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
  • gripe (obsolete, transitive) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

complain — full definition

  1. verb To express dissatisfaction, annoyance, or pain about something.
  2. verb To make a formal report or accusation, especially to an authority.

gripe — full definition

  1. verb To complain, often persistently about something minor.
  2. noun A complaint, especially a small or petty one.

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