Pronunciaciones (4)
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/ˈmʌtə/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈmʌtɚ/
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- Canada
- General-American
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[ˈmʌɾɚ]
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- Canada
- General-American
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/ˈmɐtə/
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
Sustantivo
A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
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The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
Verbo
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
Uso- intransitivo
- transitivo
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You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.
The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
Más ejemplos (1)
This set – the set of Rosol's life – was studded with aces and menacing ground-strokes that left Nadal an impotent spectator often muttering to himself and at the umpire regarding a perceived misdemeanour by his opponent.
To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
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The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, / And mutter to himself.
To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
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April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
Sustantivo
Peas.
Sustantivo
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- Términos más generales
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
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Verbo
talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
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she grumbles when she feels overworked