завалювати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From завали́ти (zavalýty) +‎ -ювати (-juvaty). Compare Russian зава́ливать (zaválivatʹ), Belarusian зава́льваць (zaválʹvacʹ), Czech zavalovat, Polish zawalać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐˈʋalʲʊʋɐte]
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Verb

зава́лювати • (zaváljuvatyimpf (perfective завали́ти) (transitive)

  1. to cover (with thrown or fallen things)
  2. to pile (to cover with heaps)
  3. to fill, to fill up (with thrown or fallen things)
  4. to block, to block up (with thrown or fallen things)
  5. (figurative, colloquial) to bury, to inundate, to overload, to snow under, to swamp (to overburden or overwhelm with e.g. work, responsibility)
  6. to collapse (to cause to collapse)
  7. (figurative, colloquial) to mess up (to botch, bungle; to perform poorly on)
  8. (figurative, colloquial) to fail, to flunk (not to pass: exam, test, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • зава́лювальний (zaváljuvalʹnyj)
  • зава́лювальник m (zaváljuvalʹnyk)
  • зава́лювання n (zaváljuvannja)
  • зава́люватися impf (zaváljuvatysja)

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