поумничать

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ у́мничать (úmničatʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

поу́мничать (poúmničatʹpf (imperfective у́мничать)

  1. (colloquial, disapproving) to act smart, to be a smartarse/smartass (for a while)
    Synonym: (partial) поу́мствовать (poúmstvovatʹ)
    Он реши́л поу́мничать пе́редо мной.On rešíl poúmničatʹ péredo mnoj.He decided to get smart with me.
  2. (colloquial, disapproving) to overanalyse things, to overcomplicate things (for a while)
    Synonyms: помудри́ть (pomudrítʹ), пому́дрствовать (pomúdrstvovatʹ)

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