كيف تنطق "palaver"

word

pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)

puh-LAH-ver

pælˈɑːvɐ

puh-LAH-vuh

التعريف

A long and unnecessary discussion, often about unimportant things; sometimes used to mean meaningless talk or a big fuss about something trivial.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

pəˈlɑː.və(ɹ)

الإنجليزية البريطانية

pælˈɑːvɐ

أمريكي

puh-LAH-ver

بريطاني

puh-LAH-vuh

He was tired of all the palaver and just wanted to go home.

What a palaver over such a small problem!

The meeting turned into a long palaver about nothing important.

We had to deal with so much palaver just to get a simple form signed.