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Top 500verb, perfective

пове́рить

[pɐˈvʲerʲɪtʲ]to believe

Frequency rank #384 About 1 in every 3,700 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
поверить #384

Meaning

  1. to believe
  2. to entrust, to confide, to trust
  3. to check, to verify

Examples

Я не могу́ в э́то пове́рить.

I can't believe it.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • пове́ритьinfinitive#566
  • пове́рьimperative, singular, 2nd person#1,084
  • пове́рьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#2,428
  • пове́рилmasculine, singular, past#3,785
  • пове́ришьsingular, 2nd person, future#4,642
  • пове́ритsingular, 3rd person, future#6,185
  • пове́рилаfeminine, singular, past#6,353
  • пове́рюsingular, 1st person, future#7,191
  • пове́рилиplural, past#7,872
  • пове́ритеplural, 2nd person, future#8,225
  • пове́рятplural, 3rd person, future#10,383
  • пове́римplural, 1st person, future#30,251
  • пове́рившийpast, participle
  • пове́ривpast, gerund

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