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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfalador
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fa.laˈdoɾ/
"O cliente era tão falador que a reunião durou o doble do tempo previsto."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
"He became very garrulous after a few glasses of wine, recounting stories from his childhood in painstaking detail." - 2
Characterized by rambling, tedious, or pointlessly wordy speech.
"The lecture was bogged down by the professor's garrulous digressions about unrelated historical trivia."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin adjective 'garrulus', meaning talkative, which comes from the verb 'garrire', meaning to chatter or prattle. It entered the English language in the early 17th century, maintaining its core sense of excessive or idle talkativeness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Garrulous" is said worldwide
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bavard
Transliteration: /ba.vaʁ/
"Mon voisin est un homme très bavard qui aime raconter sa vie."
geschwätzig
Transliteration: /ɡəˈʃvɛtsɪç/
"Der alte Mann war heute besonders geschwätzig und redete ununterbrochen."
loquace
Transliteration: /loˈkwa.tʃe/
"Dopo il caffè, il barista è diventato insolitamente loquace."
charlatán
Transliteration: /tʃaɾ.laˈtan/
"El taxista era muy charlatán y nos contó toda su historia familiar."
falador
Transliteration: /fa.laˈdoɾ/
"O cliente era tão falador que a reunião durou o doble do tempo previsto."
बातूनी
Transliteration: bātūnī
"वह बहुत बातूनी है और बिना रुके घंटों बोल सकता है।"
喋喋不休的
Transliteration: dié dié bù xiū de
"这位老人的性格十分喋喋不休，总有说不完的话。"
수다스러운
Transliteration: sudas-seureun
"그는 평소에는 조용하지만 술을 마시면 수다스러워진다."
おしゃべりな
Transliteration: oshaberina
"彼はとてもおしゃべりで、一度話し始めると止まらない。"
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