отрабатывать

Russian

Etymology

отрабо́тать (otrabótatʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐtrɐˈbatɨvətʲ]
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Verb

отраба́тывать • (otrabátyvatʹimpf (perfective отрабо́тать)

  1. to work off (usually a debt)
    отраба́тывать карми́ческий долгotrabátyvatʹ karmíčeskij dolgto work off the karmic debt
  2. to work (for a certain period of time)
  3. to improve, to polish up (through testing by identifying and eliminating flaws)
  4. to complete, to perfect (a certain task)

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