замешкаться

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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ ме́шкать (méškatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

заме́шкаться (zaméškatʹsjapf

  1. to tarry, to loiter, to linger, to be late
    он заме́шкался у свои́х прия́телей
    on zaméškalsja u svoíx prijátelej
    he has been delayed at his friends'
    • 1868, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], chapter II, in Бригадир; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Brigadier, 1894:
      Прия́тель мой заме́шкался в Москве́ и опозда́л двумя́ дня́ми; я без него́ не хоте́л нача́ть охо́ты.
      Prijátelʹ moj zaméškalsja v Moskvé i opozdál dvumjá dnjámi; ja bez nevó ne xotél načátʹ oxóty.
      My friend lingered in Moscow, and was two days late; I did not care to start shooting without him.

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