будто

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Russian

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Conjunction

бу́дто (búdto)

  1. as if, as though
    Synonyms: как (kak), как бу́дто (kak búdto), сло́вно (slóvno)
    Поднялся́ шум, бу́дто кто́-то бил молотко́м по желе́зному листу́.
    Podnjalsjá šum, búdto któ-to bil molotkóm po želéznomu listú.
    Some noise started, as if someone hammered an iron sheet.
  2. allegedly, apparently, that (with some uncertainty)
    Говоря́т, бу́дто он уе́хал за грани́цу.
    Govorját, búdto on ujéxal za granícu.
    They say he's gone abroad/overseas, apparently.