snakke

chat, gossip, natter, talk

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vb talk,

T chat,

(pjatte) chatter,

(barnligt) prattle;

(vrøvle) talk nonsense;

[snakke engelsk] talk English;

[snakke politik] talk politics;

[ med præp & adv:]

[han snakker fanden et øre af] he would talk the hind leg off a donkey;

[snakke bagvendt], se bagvendt;

[snakke godt for en] coax somebody, wheedle somebody;

[snakke ham (, sig) fra det] talk him (, oneself) out of it;

[de snakkede frem og tilbage om det] they discussed it at great length; there was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing;

[snakke med en] talk to (el. with) somebody,

(for at få råd el. irettesætte også) have a word with somebody;

[snakke `med] join in the talk,

(afbryde, T) chip in;

[snakke om noget] talk about (el. of) something,

(drøfte også) talk something over;

[det er ikke noget at snakke om] that is nothing much; it is not worth mentioning;

[du skulle nødig snakke om nogen!] you're a fine one to talk!

[snakke over sig] give oneself away,

(røbe hemmeligheden) let the cat out of the bag,

S blab.