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Top 500verb, perfective

заста́вить

[zɐˈstavʲɪtʲ]to make (someone do something), to force

Frequency rank #435 About 1 in every 4,400 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
заставить #435

Meaning

  1. to make (someone do something), to force
  2. to compel, to force, to make
  3. to fill, to cram, to jam, to clutter

Examples

Он заста́вил меня́ ждать.

He made me wait.

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Forms by frequency

  • заста́витьinfinitive#1,213
  • заста́вилmasculine, singular, past#1,972
  • заста́вилаfeminine, singular, past#3,304
  • заста́вилиplural, past#3,902
  • заста́вилоneuter, singular, past#4,942
  • заста́витsingular, 3rd person, future#5,168
  • заста́влюsingular, 1st person, future#6,317
  • заста́вьimperative, singular, 2nd person#9,079
  • заста́вимplural, 1st person, future#11,745
  • заста́вишьsingular, 2nd person, future#14,351
  • заста́вятplural, 3rd person, future#17,552
  • заста́вьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#21,945
  • заста́витеplural, 2nd person, future#28,351
  • заста́вивpast, gerund#38,524

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