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Top 500verb, imperfective

игра́ть

[ɪˈɡratʲ]to play

Frequency rank #267 About 1 in every 2,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
играть #267

Meaning

  1. to play
  2. to take advantage of
  3. to play, to perform

Examples

игра́ть в футбо́л

to play football

игра́ть в видеои́гры

to play video games

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Forms by frequency

  • игра́тьinfinitive#681
  • игра́етsingular, 3rd person, present#1,547
  • игра́лmasculine, singular, past#1,970
  • игра́юsingular, 1st person, present#2,913
  • игра́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#2,970
  • игра́лиplural, past#3,364
  • игра́ютplural, 3rd person, present#3,765
  • игра́емplural, 1st person, present#4,380
  • игра́лаfeminine, singular, past#4,724
  • игра́етеplural, 2nd person, present#6,609
  • игра́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#6,837
  • игра́яpresent, gerund#13,720
  • игра́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#17,791
  • игра́ющийpresent, participle#46,557

and 7 more forms

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