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بطبط

[batˤ.batˤ]

verb

LanguageMoroccan Arabic (Morocco)

Meaning
  1. to quack
  2. to talk
  3. Literally used for the sound a duck makes, but colloquially used to describe someone speaking in a way that is hard to understand.
Examples

كيبطبط بحال شي بطة ولكن ما كنفهموهش

He talks but we don't understand what he means

Pronunciationbatˤ.batˤ

Part of speechverb

Usage noteCan be used figuratively to mock someone's speech.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.