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to cluck one's tongue

10:45 Nov 18, 2011
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: to cluck one's tongue
Este vorba de un gest facut de o persoana sacaita de greseala repetata a unor copii.
Context: "Mother clucked her tongue. “I wish those kids wouldn’t slam that door all the time. They never listen.”

Daca nu ma insel, este vorba de sunetul pe care il scoatem cand suntem iritati de ceva, "piscand" cerul gurii cu limba.

Ma intereseaza cum s-ar putea traduce in romana actiunea pe care o face aceasta mama: "clucked her toungue".

Multumesc.
Archpoet
Local time: 20:35


Summary of answers provided
5 +1a ţâţâi
Valentin Cirdei
4 +1a plescai
Ioana Claudia Popa
3A cloncani
Gabi


Discussion entries: 2





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to cluck one\'s tongue
a plescai


Explanation:
"To cluck" inseamna "a macai" sau "a cotcodaci". Asociat cu limba stiu ca inseamna "a plescai".

Ioana Claudia Popa
Romania
Local time: 20:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Florin Ular: S-ar putea formula: „Mama plescăi enervată”.
3 days 19 hrs
  -> Multumesc, Florin!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a ţâţâi


Explanation:
2. (Despre oameni) A scoate un sunet asemănător cu un „ț” prelungit care exprimă nemulțumire, dezaprobare etc.

http://dexonline.ro/definitie/țâțâi

Valentin Cirdei
Romania
Local time: 20:35
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cordus Iulia: De acord, sunetul care iese suna ceva de genul : Ntz, ntz, ntz...
3 hrs
  -> Exact. Mulţumesc.
disagree  Marian Popa (X): To "clock" aici se refera la exact zgomotul facut de limba si in nici un caz nu este acesta; "Archpoet" a descris exact sunetul, numai ca nu gaseste corespondent in Romana
5 hrs
  -> Am înţeles la ce se referă zgomotul în engleză, dar are sens în română ? Noi spunem ţ-ţ-ţ sau nţ-nţ.
agree  Zsofia Forro (X): Da, "cluck" ar suna de parcă ar fi un alt sunet făcut cu limba, însă definiţia în engleză arată că este sunetul făcut pentru a exprima "concern, disapproval, impatience". Iar în română sunetul corespunzător este "ţ-ţ" - a ţâţâi.
33 days
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
A cloncani


Explanation:
A cloncani ori a cloncai





Example sentence(s):
  • Mama cloncani nemultumita

    Reference: http://www.dictionar.1web.ro/dictionar-roman-roman/clonc%C4%...
    Reference: http://www.archeus.ro/lingvistica/CautareDex?query=CLONC%C4%...
Gabi
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