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попросто

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Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak poproste, *poprosto. By surface analysis, univerbation of по (po) +‎ просто (prosto). Compare Polish po prostu and Russian по́просту (póprostu).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɔˈprɔstɔ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔstɔ
  • Hyphenation: по‧про‧сто

Adverb

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попросто (poprosto)

  1. simply
    Synonym: (Serbism; more common) єдноставно (jednostavno)
    ми попросто нє знаме лєпше жицmi poprosto nje zname ljepše žicwe simply don't know how to live better
  2. grossly, rudely, vulgarly
    Synonyms: вулґарно (vulgarno), нєшумнє (nješumnje), спроста (sprosta)
    одповед му попростоodpoved mu poprostohe answered him rudely

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