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Top 500verb, imperfective

боя́ться

[bɐˈjat͡sːə]to fear, to be afraid

Frequency rank #254 About 1 in every 2,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
бояться #254

Meaning

  1. to fear, to be afraid
  2. to suffer from, to be vulnerable to

Examples

Я бою́сь мускули́стых же́нщин, а мой дру́г счита́ет их несравне́нно привлека́тельными.

I'm afraid of muscular women, but my friend thinks they are incomparably attractive.

боя́ться за кого́-либо

to be scared for someone

Related

  • побоя́ться aspect partner

Forms by frequency

  • бою́сьsingular, 1st person, present#528
  • бои́шьсяsingular, 2nd person, present#1,693
  • боя́тьсяinfinitive#2,545
  • бо́йсяimperative, singular, 2nd person#2,566
  • бои́тсяsingular, 3rd person, present#2,769
  • боя́лсяmasculine, singular, past#2,930
  • боя́ласьfeminine, singular, past#3,670
  • боя́тсяplural, 3rd person, present#4,177
  • бои́тесьplural, 2nd person, present#5,227
  • бо́йтесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#6,852
  • боя́лисьplural, past#8,951
  • бои́мсяplural, 1st person, present#15,305
  • боя́сьpresent, gerund#29,547
  • боя́щийсяpresent, participle

and 3 more forms

Words near #254

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