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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