корпеть

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Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Church Slavonic кръпа (krŭpa).

Pronunciation

Verb

корпе́ть (korpétʹimpf

  1. (colloquial) to work hard/meticulously/thoroughly (on something), to pore off, to plug away
    Сего́дня я до́лго корпе́л над но́вой програ́ммой.
    Sevódnja ja dólgo korpél nad nóvoj prográmmoj.
    Today I have plugged away on the new program for a long time.

Conjugation