burp

English

Etymology

Originally from American English, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɝp/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)p

Noun

burp (plural burps) (chiefly US)

1. A belch.
   • 2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, page 9:

     Sylvanshine would burp and it would seem like more than a burp; it would taste like he'd almost thrown up a little.

Usage notes

• A belch is generally considered to be louder than a burp.

Synonyms

• belch

Translations

a softer belch

• Arabic: تَجَشُّؤ‎ m (tajaššuʾ)

  Egyptian Arabic: تكريعة‎ f (takrīʿa)

  Hijazi Arabic: كَرْعة‎ f (karʿa), تَكْريعة‎ f (takrīʿa)

• Belarusian: адры́жка f (adrýžka)
• Bulgarian: оригване n (origvane)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: rot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飽嗝 (bǎogé), 饱嗝 (bǎogé), 噯氣 (zh), 嗳气 (zh) (ǎiqì)

• Czech: říhnutí n, krknutí n
• Danish: bøvs (da) n or c
• Dutch: boer (nl), oprisping (nl)
• Estonian: röhitsus
• Finnish: röyhtäys (fi), röyhtäisy (fi)
• French: rot (fr) m, renvoi (fr) m, éructation (fr) f
• Georgian: ბოყინი (boq̇ini)
• German: Rülpser m, Bäuerchen (de) n
• Greek: ρέψιμο (el) n (répsimo), ερευγμός (el) m (erevgmós) (rare), ερυγή (el) f (erygí) (medical)
• Hindi: डकार (hi) f (ḍakār)
• Italian: rutto (it) m, flato (it) m
• Japanese: げっぷ (ja) (geppu), うっぷ (uppu), おくび (ja) (okubi), 噫気 (あいき, aiki)

• Khmer: ភើ (km) (phəə)
• Korean: 트림 (ko) (teurim), 애기 (ko) (aegi)
• Lao: ເອຶ້ອມ (’ưam)
• Macedonian: ждри́гање n (ždríganje)
• Malay: sendawa
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: rap n
• Persian: آروغ‎ (fa) (âruğ)
• Polish: beknięcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: arroto (pt) m
• Romanian: râgâit n, râgâitură (ro) f, râgâială (ro) f, eructație (ro) f
• Russian: отры́жка (ru) f (otrýžka), рыга́ние (ru) n (rygánije)
• Slovak: grgnutie n
• Spanish: eructo (es) m, regüeldo (es) m
• Swedish: rap (sv) c, rapning c
• Tagalog: dighay
• Thai: เรอ (th) (rəə)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: відри́жка f (vidrýžka)
• Urdu: ڈکار‎ f (ḍakār)
• Vietnamese: sự ợ (vi)

Verb

burp (third-person singular simple present burps, present participle burping, simple past and past participle burped)

1. (intransitive) To emit a burp.
2. (transitive) To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.

Translations

to emit a burp

• Arabic: تَجَشَّأَ‎ (tajaššaʾa)

  Egyptian Arabic: يتكرع‎ (yetkaraʿ or yekaraʿ) (imperfective)

• Armenian: բխկալ (hy) (bxkal), ործկալ (hy) (orckal)
• Azerbaijani: gəyirmək
• Belarusian: рыга́ць impf (ryhácʹ)
• Bulgarian: оригвам се (origvam se)
• Burmese: လေချဉ်တက် (my) (lehkyanytak), စားချဉ့်ပြန် (my) (ca:hkyany.pran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打嗝 (zh) (dǎgé), 噯氣 (zh), 嗳气 (zh) (ǎiqì), 飽嗝, 饱嗝 (bǎogé), 嗝 (zh) (gé)

• Czech: říhat impf, říhnout pf, krknout
• Danish: bøvse (da)
• Dutch: boeren (nl)
• Esperanto: rukti
• Estonian: röhitsema
• Finnish: röyhtäistä (fi)
• French: roter (fr), faire un rot, éructer (fr)
• Galician: arrotar, eructar
• Gallo: beurgasser
• Georgian: დაბოყინება (daboq̇ineba)
• German: rülpsen (de)
• Greek: ρεύομαι (el) (révomai), ερεύγομαι (el) (erévgomai) (rare)

  Ancient: ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai)

• Hindi: डकारना (hi) (ḍakārnā)
• Hungarian: böfög (hu)
• Italian: ruttare (it)
• Japanese: げっぷする (ja) (geppu suru), うっぷする (uppu suru), おくびする (ja) (okubi suru), 噫気する (あいきする, aiki suru)
• Khmer: ភើ (km) (phəə), ខ្យល់ផាយ (khyɑl phaay)

• Korean: 트림하다 (ko) (teurimhada)
• Lao: ເອຶ້ອມ (’ưam)
• Macedonian: ждрига impf (ždriga), подригнува impf (podrignuva)
• Mongolian: хэхрэх (mn) (hehreh)
• Norwegian: rape (no)
• Persian: آروغ زدن‎ (fa) (âruğ zadan)
• Polish: bekać (pl) impf, beknąć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: arrotar (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: râgâi (ro)
• Russian: рыга́ть (ru) impf (rygátʹ), рыгну́ть (ru) pf (rygnútʹ), отры́гивать (ru) impf (otrýgivatʹ), отрыгну́ть (ru) pf (otrygnútʹ), отры́гиваться (ru) impf (otrýgivatʹsja), отрыгну́ться (ru) pf (otrygnútʹsja)
• Scots: rift
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: подригивати impf, подригнути pf

  Roman: podrigivati (sh) impf, podrignuti (sh) pf

• Slovak: rihať impf, grgať impf
• Slovene: rigati (sl) impf
• Spanish: eructar (es), regoldar (es)
• Swedish: rapa (sv)
• Telugu: త్రేన్చు (trēncu)
• Thai: เรอ (th) (rəə)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: geğirmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: рига́ти impf (ryháty)
• Urdu: ڈکارنا‎ (ḍakārnā)
• Vietnamese: ợ (vi)
• Westrobothnian: repa, räpa

to burp someone

• Finnish: röyhtäyttää (fi)
• French: faire (fr) faire son rot (à un bébé)

• Hungarian: büfiztet
• Maori: whakakūpā

Related terms

• botty burp
• burp gun

See also

• fart
• yawn