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Top 500verb, imperfective

собира́ться

[səbʲɪˈrat͡sːə]to gather, to assemble

Frequency rank #155 About 1 in every 1,400 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
собираться #155

Meaning

  1. to gather, to assemble
  2. to be going, to be heading
  3. to be about to, to be going to, to intend, to mean

Examples

Лю́ди собира́ются на пло́щади.

People are gathering in the square.

Я собира́юсь в банк.

I'm going to the bank.

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Forms by frequency

  • собира́юсьsingular, 1st person, present#445
  • собира́ешьсяsingular, 2nd person, present#753
  • собира́лсяmasculine, singular, past#1,058
  • собира́етсяsingular, 3rd person, present#1,133
  • собира́емсяplural, 1st person, present#1,508
  • собира́етесьplural, 2nd person, present#1,754
  • собира́ласьfeminine, singular, past#1,823
  • собира́лисьplural, past#2,436
  • собира́ютсяplural, 3rd person, present#2,610
  • собира́тьсяinfinitive#10,304
  • собира́йсяimperative, singular, 2nd person#14,960
  • собира́йтесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#19,279
  • собира́ющийсяpresent, participle
  • собира́вшийсяpast, participle

and 3 more forms

Words near #155

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