Polyglot Dictionary

stammer

/ˈstæmər/

verb B2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

3rd person singular
stammers
past
stammered
past participle
stammered
gerund
stammering

Meaning

  1. tartamudear

    • He stammered nervously during the interview.

      Tartamudeó nerviosamente durante la entrevista.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

stutter

Near-total synonyms; largely interchangeable for repeating or getting stuck on sounds while speaking.

Similar in other languages

German

stottern

stottern is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to stutter, to stammer."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa stammer?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: He ___ nervously during the interview.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a stammer?

verb

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