оговориться

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Russian

Etymology

оговори́ть (ogovorítʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

оговори́ться (ogovorítʹsjapf (imperfective огова́риваться)

  1. to make a slip of the tongue
  2. to make a reservation or stipulation
    • 1964, Юрий Осипович Домбровский (Yury Osipovich Dombrovsky), Хранитель древностей, part 1, chapter 2; translated as Michael Glenny, transl., The Keeper of Antiquities, Carcanet, 1969, page 30:
      Здесь ну́жно оговори́ться. Я пишу́ не об абстра́ктном иску́сстве, а об абстра́кции в иску́сстве, а э́то совсе́м ра́зные ве́щи.
      Zdesʹ núžno ogovorítʹsja. Ja pišú ne ob abstráktnom iskússtve, a ob abstrákcii v iskússtve, a éto sovsém ráznyje véšči.
      Here I must make myself clear. I am not discussing abstract art, but abstraction in art; they are two completely different things.
  3. passive of оговори́ть (ogovorítʹ)

Conjugation