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Top 500verb, imperfective

остава́ться

[ɐstɐˈvat͡sːə]to remain, to stay

Frequency rank #371 About 1 in every 3,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
оставаться #371

Meaning

  1. to remain, to stay
  2. to be left

Examples

По мои́м расчётам остаётся всего́ три киломе́тра.

According to my calculations, there are only three kilometers left.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • остава́тьсяinfinitive#1,243
  • остаётсяsingular, 3rd person, present#1,984
  • остава́йсяimperative, singular, 2nd person#2,209
  • остава́йтесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#3,374
  • остаю́сьsingular, 1st person, present#5,743
  • остаю́тсяplural, 3rd person, present#5,988
  • остава́лосьneuter, singular, past#6,398
  • остава́лсяmasculine, singular, past#7,885
  • остаёшьсяsingular, 2nd person, present#8,950
  • остава́ласьfeminine, singular, past#10,693
  • остава́лисьplural, past#12,024
  • остаёмсяplural, 1st person, present#15,695
  • остаётесьplural, 2nd person, present#21,059
  • остава́ясьpresent, gerund#28,267

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