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Top 1,000verb, perfective

отказа́ться

[ɐtkɐˈzat͡sːə]to refuse, to turn down

Frequency rank #807 About 1 in every 8,800 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
отказаться #807

Meaning

  1. to refuse, to turn down
  2. to abandon
  3. to abdicate

Examples

Он отказа́лся от рабо́ты.

He turned down the job.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • отказа́тьсяinfinitive#2,671
  • отказа́лсяmasculine, singular, past#2,775
  • отказа́ласьfeminine, singular, past#4,914
  • откажу́сьsingular, 1st person, future#7,127
  • отказа́лисьplural, past#7,295
  • отка́жетсяsingular, 3rd person, future#12,835
  • отка́жешьсяsingular, 2nd person, future#15,653
  • отка́жетесьplural, 2nd person, future#23,207
  • отка́жемсяplural, 1st person, future#32,629
  • откажи́сьimperative, singular, 2nd person#34,341
  • отка́жутсяplural, 3rd person, future#43,069
  • откажи́тесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#48,081
  • отказа́вшийсяpast, participle
  • отказа́вшисьpast, gerund

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Words near #807

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