замазывать

Russian

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Etymology

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зама́зать (zamázatʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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зама́зывать (zamázyvatʹimpf (perfective зама́зать)

  1. to paint over
  2. to stick with putty
    зама́зывать окна на зи́муzamázyvatʹ okna na zímuto seal (up) [stop up] the windows with putty for the winter
  3. (colloquial) to daub over, to make dirty, to stain
  4. (colloquial) to efface, to slur over
    зама́зывать оши́бкиzamázyvatʹ ošíbkito slur over the mistakes

Conjugation

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