перекрутити

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From пере- (pere-) +‎ крути́ти (krutýty). Compare Russian перекрути́ть (perekrutítʹ), Belarusian перакруці́ць (pjerakrucícʹ), Polish przekręcić.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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перекрути́ти (perekrutýtypf (imperfective перекру́чувати) (transitive)

  1. to twist
    Synonym: скрути́ти pf (skrutýty)
  2. to overtwist
  3. to turn over (to flip over; to rotate)
    Synonym: переверну́ти pf (perevernúty)
  4. (figuratively) to twist (to change the truth or meaning of words when repeating)
  5. (figuratively) to distort, to pervert (give a false or misleading account of; to misinterpret designedly)
    Synonyms: спотво́рити pf (spotvóryty), ви́кривити pf (výkryvyty)

Conjugation

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