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по

[pə]used broadly to indicate action, typically involving movement, across a surface or across several things in a generally flat plane; across, on, along, down, up, all over, around

Frequency rank #55 About 1 in every 380 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
по #55

Meaning

  1. used broadly to indicate action, typically involving movement, across a surface or across several things in a generally flat plane; across, on, along, down, up, all over, around
  2. used to indicate the object/field/topic that something applies to; for, on, about, in, of
  3. used to indicate accordance with, adherence to or judgement based on something; according to, from, by

Examples

Он говори́т по телефо́ну.

He’s on the phone.

Тарака́н бе́гал по столу́.

The cockroach ran across the table.

Related

  • По also: name, Po
  • По also: name, Poe
  • ПО also: noun, software

Forms by frequency

  • по#43

Words near #55

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