отговорка

Russian

Etymology

отговори́ть (otgovorítʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐdɡɐˈvorkə]

Noun

отгово́рка • (otgovórka) f inan (genitive отгово́рки, nominative plural отгово́рки, genitive plural отгово́рок)

  1. excuse, pretext
    пуста́я отгово́рка ― pustája otgovórka ― lame excuse
    Звучи́т как очередна́я отгово́рка. ― Zvučít kak očerednája otgovórka. ― Sounds like just another excuse.

Declension

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