огорошить

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, perhaps a modification of огороди́ть (ogorodítʹ, “to fence in”), influenced by лапо́шить (lapóšitʹ, “to bother”), копоши́ться (kopošítʹsja, “to swarm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐɡɐˈroʂɨtʲ]

Verb

огоро́шить • (ogoróšitʹ) pf

  1. (colloquial) to take aback, to disconcert
    его́ э́то огоро́шило ― jevó éto ogoróšilo ― he was disconcerted [taken aback] by that

Conjugation

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