Definition
Past tense of drivel: spoke foolishly or talked nonsense, or drooled.
Etymology
From 'drivel', which comes from Old English 'drifol', related to drooling or speaking idly. The 'd' at the end marks the past tense.
Kelly Says
The word 'drivel' actually comes from an old Germanic root meaning to drool—so when politicians drivel on about something, language is literally comparing their words to mindless drooling!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንደ አይነት ነው
en-deh ay-net ne-w
ARالعربية
تحدث بلا معنى
ta-had-da bila ma'na
BNবাংলা
বাতাস বলা
ba-taas bo-la
CACatalà
ferir balderrama
fe-rir bal-der-rah-ma
CSČeština
blábolit
blah-bo-lit
DEDeutsch
Unsinn geredet
un-sinn ge-re-det
ELΕλληνικά
μωρολογεί
moo-ro-lo-gei
ESEspañol
hablar sin sentido
a-blar sin sen-ti-doh
FAفارسی
بیخود حرف زدن
bee-khood harf zad-en
FISuomi
höly hölyä
ho-ly ho-lyä
FRFrançais
bavarder sans but
ba-var-der san but
GUGU
બેફામ બોલવું
beh-faam bo-luv-nu
HEעברית
לדבר שטויות
le-daber sh-to-y-ot
HIहिन्दी
बेकार की बातें करना
bekār kī bātēṅ karna
HUMagyar
beszédbutaságot folytat
beszed-boo-ta-sag-ot fo-lyat
IDBahasa Indonesia
berbicara omong kosong
be-ri-ka-si omong ko-song
IGIG
kwuo ụgbọ
kwo-o oo-gboh
ITItaliano
fare fufu
fa-re foo-foo
JA日本語
たわごとをしゃべる
tawa-goto o sha-be-ru
KO한국어
헛소리 늘어놓다
ho-ha-so-ri neul-eo-n-da
MSBahasa Melayu
bercakap bohong
ber-ca-kap bo-hong
MYမြန်မာ
စကားပြော
ska-ar-p-yaw
NLNederlands
onzin praten
on-zin pra-ten
PLPolski
gadać bzdury
ga-dat bzd-oo-ree
PTPortuguês
falar besteira
fa-lar bes-tay-rah
RORomână
a vorbi mărlă
a vor-bi mar-la
SVSvenska
slösa med ord
sloe-sa med ord
SWKiswahili
kuzungumza ujumbe
koo-zun-gum-za oo-jum-beh
TLTL
mag-usap ng katangian
mag-oo-sap ng ka-tan-gee-an
TRTürkçe
eğri konuşmak
eh-gri kon-sho-mak
UKУкраїнська
брехати
bre-hati
URاردو
بلاکی بات کرنا
ba-la-ki ba-at karna
VITiếng Việt
nói chuyện nhảm
noi-t-ch-yen-ham