praat, verb

colloquial

a. intransitive. To talk.

1920 R.Y. Stormberg Mrs Pieter de Bruyn 69Please will I praat bietje instead.

1972 P. O’Byrne on Springbok Radio 1 Dec.I’ve been praating away to myself for the last twenty seconds; I forgot to switch on the mike.

b. transitive. To speak (a language).

1977 Sunday Times 24 July 15We should learn to praat die taal.

1984 Pace Oct. 174Indians are going to talk-talk Indian. Coloureds are going to praat-praat coloured...there’ll be no African voice.

To talk.

To speak (a language).

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