OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7141

parrot

/ˈpæɹət/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
catana • cotorra • loro • papagayo
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splen…
cotorra • loro • papagayo
A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to…
What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 7142

parrot

/ˈpæɹət/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hablar como un papagayo • hablar por boca de ganso • lorear • repetir como loro
To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continu…
The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid.
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