kjafta
Icelandic
Etymology
Compare kjaftur (“mouth”).
Verb
kjafta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kjaftaði, supine kjaftað)
- (intransitive) to chat, to jabber
- (intransitive and transitive, takes the dative) to tattle syn.
- Heldurðu að hann kjafti?
- Do you think he'll spill the beans?
- Heldurðu að hann kjafti?
Synonyms
- (tattle): def. segja frá
Derived terms
Derived terms
- kjafta frá
- kjafta í
- kjafta saman
- samkjafta
See also
- mása
- blaðra