пресмыкаться

Russian

Etymology

пре- (pre-) + смыка́ть (smykátʹ) + -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪsmɨˈkat͡sːə]

Verb

пресмыка́ться (presmykátʹsja) impf

  1. to creep, to crawl
  2. to grovel (before), to bow and scrape (before), to fawn (on), to lick the boots (of)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • по́лзать (pólzatʹ)
  • раболе́пствовать (rabolépstvovatʹ), подхалимничать (podxalimničatʹ)

Derived terms

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