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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁe.piˈzaɾ
"Ele continua a repisar na mesma tecla."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To argue or elaborate a subject at excessive length or beyond any useful purpose.
"There is no need to belabor the point any further; we all understand the situation." - 2
To attack or assault physically or verbally.
"The critics continued to belabor the author's controversial stylistic choices."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix be- (thoroughly) combined with labor, tracing back to Old French laborer and Latin laborare. Historically evolved from meaning to work hard at something to its modern predominant sense of dwelling on a subject excessively.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Belabor" is said worldwide
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rebattre
Transliteration: ʁə.batʁ
"Il ne faut pas rebattre ce sujet."
durchkauen
Transliteration: ˈdʊʁçˌkaʊən
"Wir müssen dieses Thema nicht weiter durchkauen."
rimurginare
Transliteration: rimur.dʒiˈna.re
"Non serve a nulla rimurginare su questo dettaglio."
reiterar
Transliteration: rejteˈɾaɾ
"No debemos reiterar los mismos argumentos."
repisar
Transliteration: ʁe.piˈzaɾ
"Ele continua a repisar na mesma tecla."
बार-बार दोहराना
Transliteration: baar-baar doharaana
"इस बात को बार-बार दोहराने की कोई आवश्यकता नहीं है।"
喋喋不休
Transliteration: dié dié bù xiū
"没有必要在这个问题上喋喋不休。"
장황하게 늘어놓다
Transliteration: janghwanghage neureonota
"그는 이미 끝난 이야기를 장황하게 늘어놓았다."
くどくど言う
Transliteration: kudokudo iu
"同じことをくどくど言う必要はありません。"
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