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Top 500verb, imperfective

каза́ться

[kɐˈzat͡sːə]to seem, to appear, to look

Frequency rank #183 About 1 in every 1,600 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
казаться #183

Meaning

  1. to seem, to appear, to look

Examples

Мне ка́жется, (что) я его́ где́-то ви́дел.

It seems to me (i.e. I think) I saw him somewhere.

В том состоя́нии опьяне́ния, в кото́ром она́ находи́лась, всё каза́лось про́сто и есте́ственно.

In the state of intoxication she was in, everything seemed simple and natural.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • ка́жетсяsingular, 3rd person, present#194
  • каза́лосьneuter, singular, past#1,698
  • каза́тьсяinfinitive#7,209
  • ка́жутсяplural, 3rd person, present#8,450
  • каза́лсяmasculine, singular, past#10,915
  • ка́жешьсяsingular, 2nd person, present#11,631
  • каза́ласьfeminine, singular, past#12,790
  • ка́жетесьplural, 2nd person, present#20,918
  • каза́лисьplural, past#21,737
  • кажу́сьsingular, 1st person, present#22,021
  • кажи́сьimperative, singular, 2nd person#25,562
  • ка́жущийсяpresent, participle
  • каза́вшийсяpast, participle
  • кажа́сьpresent, gerund

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Words near #183

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