дурачить

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Russian

Etymology

дура́к (durák) +‎ -ить (-itʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

дура́чить (duráčitʹimpf (perfective одура́чить)

  1. (colloquial) to fool (someone)
    • 1860, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 9”, in Первая любовь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., First Love, 1897:
      Зинаи́да то́тчас же догада́лась, что я в неё влюби́лся, да я и не ду́мал скрыва́ться; она́ потеша́лась мое́й стра́стью, дура́чила, балова́ла и му́чила меня́.
      Zinaída tótčas že dogadálasʹ, što ja v nejó vljubílsja, da ja i ne dúmal skryvátʹsja; oná potešálasʹ mojéj strástʹju, duráčila, balovála i múčila menjá.
      Zinaïda guessed at once that I was in love with her, and indeed I never even thought of concealing it. She amused herself with my passion, made a fool of me, petted and tormented me.

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