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Top 500verb, perfective

подожда́ть

[pədɐʐˈdatʲ]to wait

Frequency rank #208 About 1 in every 1,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
подождать #208

Meaning

  1. to wait

Examples

Подожди́те мину́тку.

Wait a moment.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • подожди́imperative, singular, 2nd person#354
  • подожди́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#700
  • подожда́тьinfinitive#1,370
  • подожду́singular, 1st person, future#3,626
  • подождёмplural, 1st person, future#6,861
  • подождётsingular, 3rd person, future#16,092
  • подожда́лmasculine, singular, past#21,137
  • подождёшьsingular, 2nd person, future#21,394
  • подожду́тplural, 3rd person, future#29,537
  • подожда́лиplural, past#31,091
  • подождётеplural, 2nd person, future#33,276
  • подождала́feminine, singular, past#37,891
  • подожда́вшийpast, participle
  • подожда́вpast, gerund

and 2 more forms

Words near #208

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