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Top 500verb, imperfective

звать

[zvatʲ]to call

Frequency rank #262 About 1 in every 2,400 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
звать #262

Meaning

  1. to call
  2. to invite

Examples

Меня́ зову́т Пётр.

My name is Pyotr.

И пришли Матерь и братья Его и, стоя вне дома, послали к Нему звать Его.

His mother and his brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent word to him and called him.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • зову́тplural, 3rd person, present#341
  • зва́лиplural, past#1,932
  • зва́тьinfinitive#3,733
  • зови́imperative, singular, 2nd person#5,793
  • зови́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#7,272
  • зовётsingular, 3rd person, present#7,404
  • зва́лmasculine, singular, past#9,082
  • зову́singular, 1st person, present#9,998
  • звала́feminine, singular, past#14,576
  • зовёшьsingular, 2nd person, present#22,978
  • зовёмplural, 1st person, present#24,253
  • зовётеplural, 2nd person, present#42,087
  • зову́щийpresent, participle
  • зва́вшийpast, participle

and 5 more forms

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