conversate

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from conversation.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːn.vɚˌseɪt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.vəˌseɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

conversate (third-person singular simple present conversates, present participle conversating, simple past and past participle conversated)

  1. (now chiefly African-American Vernacular, nonstandard) To converse, to have conversation.
    • 1994, The Notorious B.I.G., The Isley Brothers, Chris Jasper (lyrics and music), “Big Poppa”, in Ready to Die, performed by The Notorious B.I.G., track 13:
      Conversate for a few, 'cause in a few we gon' do / What we came to do, ain't that right, boo? (True)
    • 2002, Gail L. Thompson, African-American Teens Discuss Their Schooling Experiences, Bergin Garvey/Greenwood, page 34:
      We don't just want to go to class and not conversate with the teachers.
    • 2003, Steven Travers, Barry Bonds: Baseballs Superman, Sports Publishing LLC, page 241:
      Barry did grow up in a white neighborhood, you know, and he does know how to conversate, and he does know how to pronounce his vowels, he knows how to talk.
    • 2005, Prudence L. Carter, Keepin' It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White, Oxford University Press, page 37:
      I'll talk to them and conversate, but I won't pay no mind to the things that they do.

Usage notes

  • This verb is considered incorrect by some prescriptivist authorities. By contrast, the common verb converse is universally accepted.

References

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

conversate

  1. inflection of conversare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

conversāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of conversō

Spanish

Verb

conversate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of conversar combined with te