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Etymology

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Cognate with Ukrainian шпа́рити (špáryty, to scald, to beat) and Belarusian шпа́рыць (špárycʹ, to beat). Possibly derived from Polish sparzyć (to scald) (perfective), which is related to пар (par, steam).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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шпа́рить (špáritʹimpf (perfective ошпа́рить)

  1. (colloquial) to scald (one's hands, etc.) (to burn with boiling liquid or steam)
  2. (colloquial) to pour boiling water over (often specifically in order to kill something, e.g. an insect)
  3. (low colloquial, figurative, intransitive, imperfective only) to do something with hurriedly or with great force, to energy or zeal
  4. (low colloquial, figurative, intransitive, imperfective only) to be fluent, to speak a language fluently
    Шпа́рит на неме́цком как на родно́м.Špárit na neméckom kak na rodnóm.S/he speaks German as fluently as a native speaker.

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