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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

отвеча́ть

[ɐtvʲɪˈt͡ɕætʲ]to answer, to reply

Frequency rank #603 About 1 in every 6,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
отвечать #603

Meaning

  1. to answer, to reply
  2. to be responsible for, to be accountable for, to be liable for
  3. to account for, to answer for

Examples

Почему́ ты не отвеча́ешь?

Why aren't you answering?

Related

Forms by frequency

  • отвеча́тьinfinitive#2,332
  • отвеча́етsingular, 3rd person, present#2,415
  • отвеча́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#3,426
  • отвеча́юsingular, 1st person, present#5,751
  • отвеча́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#6,983
  • отвеча́лmasculine, singular, past#8,698
  • отвеча́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#8,714
  • отвеча́ютplural, 3rd person, present#12,454
  • отвеча́лаfeminine, singular, past#13,555
  • отвеча́етеplural, 2nd person, present#17,863
  • отвеча́лиplural, past#28,468
  • отвеча́емplural, 1st person, present#32,925
  • отвеча́яpresent, gerund#34,761
  • отвеча́ющийpresent, participle

and 4 more forms

Words near #603

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