позво́лить
[pɐzˈvolʲɪtʲ]to allow, to permit
Frequency rank
#231
About 1 in every 2,100 words in Russian film and TV.
The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
Meaning
- to allow, to permit
- to afford (often as позволить себе)
- excuse, sorry, pardon
Examples
Позво́льте мне я́сно заяви́ть.
Позво́льте, а почему́ могло́ бы быть хорошо́?
Related
Forms by frequency
- позво́литьinfinitive#988
- позво́льтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#1,013
- позво́льimperative, singular, 2nd person#1,038
- позво́люsingular, 1st person, future#1,605
- позво́лилmasculine, singular, past#2,599
- позво́литsingular, 3rd person, future#3,658
- позво́литеplural, 2nd person, future#3,800
- позво́лилаfeminine, singular, past#4,360
- позво́лишьsingular, 2nd person, future#4,871
- позво́лилиplural, past#5,178
- позво́лимplural, 1st person, future#7,205
- позво́лятplural, 3rd person, future#9,670
- позво́лилоneuter, singular, past#18,553
- позво́ливpast, gerund#30,478
and 3 more forms
Words near #231
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