palaver

palaver
[pəˈlɑːvə(r)]
sustantivo
1lío (m) (familiar) (fuss) (británico)follón (m) (español de España)
  • what a palaver! -> ¡vaya lío or follón! (español de España)

palaver [pa-la-var]
sustantivo
1Charla frívola, palabrería, particularmente zalamería, lisonja; embustes (wordiness).
2Plática larga; conferencia o discusión pública (conference).
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3Adular, lisonjear, usar de zalamerías, engatusar. (n)
4Charlar, hablar mucho sin sustancia (chat). (n)

palaver (informal) [pəˈlɑːvəʳ]
noun
1 (fuss) jaleo; (m) desmadre; (informal) (m) (trouble) molestias; (f) trámites engorrosos; (m) (US) (chatter) palabrería; (f)
what a palaver! ¡qué jaleo!; why all the palaver! ¡no es para tanto!; that palaver about the car aquel jaleo que se armó con el coche; can't we do it without a lot of palaver? ¿no podemos hacerlo sin meternos en tantos líos?; (informal)
2 (conference) conferencia; (f) parlamento; (m)
verb:intransitive
parlamentar

Verb Conjugation for "palaver"

Imperative
  • palaver
  • you palaver
  • he/she palavers
  • we palaver
  • you palaver
  • they palaver
Preterite
  • I palavered
  • you palavered
  • he/she palavered
  • we palavered
  • you palavered
  • they palavered
Present Continuous
  • I am palavering
  • you are palavering
  • he/she is palavering
  • we are palavering
  • you are palavering
  • they are palavering
Present Perfect
  • I have palavered
  • you have palavered
  • he/she has palavered
  • we have palavered
  • you have palavered
  • they have palavered
Past Continuous
  • I was palavering
  • you were palavering
  • he/she was palavering
  • we were palavering
  • you were palavering
  • they were palavering
Past Perfect
  • I had palavered
  • you had palavered
  • he/she had palavered
  • we had palavered
  • you had palavered
  • they had palavered
Future
  • I will palaver
  • you will palaver
  • he/she will palaver
  • we will palaver
  • you will palaver
  • they will palaver
Future Perfect
  • I will have palavered
  • you will have palavered
  • he/she will have palavered
  • we will have palavered
  • you will have palavered
  • they will have palavered
Future Continuous
  • I will be palavering
  • you will be palavering
  • he/she will be palavering
  • we will be palavering
  • you will be palavering
  • they will be palavering
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been palavering
  • you have been palavering
  • he/she has been palavering
  • we have been palavering
  • you have been palavering
  • they have been palavering
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been palavering
  • you will have been palavering
  • he/she will have been palavering
  • we will have been palavering
  • you will have been palavering
  • they will have been palavering
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been palavering
  • you had been palavering
  • he/she had been palavering
  • we had been palavering
  • you had been palavering
  • they had been palavering