трещать

Russian

Etymology

Apparently from треск (tresk) + -а́ть (-átʹ), with iotation. The same root appears in the related verbs тре́скаться (tréskatʹsja), тре́снуть (trésnutʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [trʲɪˈɕːætʲ]
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Verb

треща́ть (treščátʹ) impf (perfective тре́снуть)

  1. to crackle (make a fizzing sound)
    у меня́ голова́ трещи́т (от бо́ли)
    u menjá golová treščít (ot bóli)
    I have a splitting headache; my head is ready to burst
    треща́т моро́зыtreščát morózythere is a biting frost
  2. to chirr (make a trilled sound)
  3. (colloquial) to chatter, to jabber
  4. to crack, to be on the point of collapse
    треща́ть по швамtreščátʹ po švamto fall apart at the seams

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • затреща́ть (zatreščátʹ)
  • натреща́ть (natreščátʹ)
  • натреща́ться (natreščátʹsja)
  • потреща́ть (potreščátʹ)
  • протреща́ть (protreščátʹ)
  • треща́ние (treščánije)
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