переборщить

Russian

Etymology

Per Dal, from dialectal борщить (borščitʹ, to pour a lot to no avail), possibly from борщ (boršč, borscht)? Per Chernykh, from перебо́рка (perebórka, sorting through), through the intermediate sense "to be too picky".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪrʲɪbɐrˈɕːitʲ]

Verb

переборщи́ть (pereborščítʹ) pf (imperfective переба́рщивать)

  1. (colloquial) to overdo it, to go too far

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • переба́рщивание (perebárščivanije)
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