ошиваться
Translation of ошиваться
hang around
Russian word in Latin letters: oshivatsya
Meaning of ошиваться
торчать где-то без дела или в ожидании
to spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing
Pronunciation
Traps and common mistakes
Ошиваться or висеть?
висеть
висеть = to hang on a hook or wall
Don't say висеть у вокзала. Hanging on a wall — висеть; staying somewhere doing nothing — ошиваться.
Куртка висит на крючке.
The jacket is hanging on the hook.
Не ошивайся тут, иди делать уроки.
Don't hang around here, go do your homework.
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We hung around the station for an hour.
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Мы целый час ошивались у вокзала.
Why are you hanging around outside my house?
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Почему ты ошиваешься возле моего дома?
ошиваться synonyms
What's the difference between ошиваться, торчать, and болтаться
Informal: stay somewhere long, often waiting.
Informal: wander about with nothing to do.
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ошиваться meaning: what does it mean?
to spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing
ошиваться pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
ошиваться is pronounced as [ɐʂɨˈvat͡sə]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
ошиваться definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
We hung around the station for an hour. Translation: Мы целый час ошивались у вокзала.
Is ошиваться part of Phrasal Verbs vocabulary?
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