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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to talk like a parrot”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌblaɾ ˌkomo um papaˈɡaʝo/
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˌblaɾ ˌkomo um papaˈɡaʝo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˌblaɾ ˌkomo um papaˈɡaʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˌblaɾ ˌkomo um papaˈɡaʒo/
- Syllabification: ha‧blar co‧mo un pa‧pa‧ga‧yo
Verb
hablar como un papagayo (first-person singular present hablo como un papagayo, first-person singular preterite hablé como un papagayo, past participle hablado como un papagayo)
- (simile) to parrot (repeat what was said without thinking)
- (simile) to chatter
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