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TOPIK 6verb

에두르다

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에둘러요 · 에둘렀어요 · 에두를 거예요 · 에두르세요 (르 irregular)

to go around, to surround; to beat around the bush, to say indirectly

Example

그는 거절의 뜻을 에둘러 표현했어요.

He expressed his refusal indirectly.

Word parts

Related to 두르다 'to wrap around' and 에우다 'to go around' — talking around the point.

Good to know

Mostly 에둘러 말하다/표현하다 'to say in a roundabout way'; the opposite is 직설적으로 'bluntly'.