Друг только приценивался.

the friend

Breakdown of Друг только приценивался.

• только: only
• прицениваться: to compare prices

Questions & Answers about Друг только приценивался.

What does только mean here?

Here только means just or only.

So Друг только приценивался means the friend was just checking the price, only looking into it, and not doing anything more definite yet.

It often gives the sentence a minimizing or reassuring tone: he was not seriously committing himself, only feeling things out.

What does приценивался mean exactly?

Приценивался comes from прицениваться.

This verb means something like:

• to check the price
• to see how much something costs
• to size up whether something is worth buying
• to shop around a bit

It is a very natural Russian verb, but English does not have one perfect one-word match. Depending on context, you might translate it as was checking the price, was pricing it up, or was just looking into the cost.

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