любопытствовать

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Russian

Etymology

любопы́тство (ljubopýtstvo) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

любопы́тствовать (ljubopýtstvovatʹimpf (perfective полюбопы́тствовать)

  1. (colloquial) to be curious, to ask, to pry
    • 1872, Иван Тургенев , “XXXVI”, in Вешние воды, Санкт-Петербург: Вестник Европы; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Torrents of Spring, 1897:
      — Кто́ это? — спроси́л Са́нин, по дурно́й привы́чке «любопы́тствовать», сво́йственной всем ру́сским.
      — Któ eto? — sprosíl Sánin, po durnój privýčke «ljubopýtstvovatʹ», svójstvennoj vsem rússkim.
      'Who's that?' asked Sanin with the bad habit of asking questions characteristic of all Russians.

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