Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian barbugliare. Also perhaps French barbouiller. Decision no. 133, Progreso III.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

barbuliar (present barbulias, past barbuliis, future barbulios, conditional barbulius, imperative barbuliez)

  1. (transitive) to sputter, splutter, mumble

Usage notes edit

To speak too fast and consequently unclearly and confusing, incomprehensibly.

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 6, 209, 467