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Top 500verb, imperfective

спра́шивать

[ˈspraʂɨvətʲ]to ask

Frequency rank #485 About 1 in every 5,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
спрашивать #485

Meaning

  1. to ask
  2. to ask for, to request, to demand
  3. to call to account, to hold accountable, to make answer, to confront, to challenge, to question

Examples

Она́ спра́шивала меня́ о мое́й семье́.

She was asking me about my family.

Он спра́шивает у них, что хо́чет знать.

He's asking them what he wants to know.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • спра́шиваюsingular, 1st person, present#2,341
  • спра́шивалmasculine, singular, past#2,772
  • спра́шиватьinfinitive#2,963
  • спра́шиваешьsingular, 2nd person, present#3,588
  • спра́шиваетsingular, 3rd person, present#4,173
  • спра́шивалаfeminine, singular, past#5,077
  • спра́шивайimperative, singular, 2nd person#5,546
  • спра́шивалиplural, past#6,608
  • спра́шиваетеplural, 2nd person, present#6,803
  • спра́шиваютplural, 3rd person, present#7,602
  • спра́шивайтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#12,519
  • спра́шиваяpresent, gerund#30,306
  • спра́шиваемplural, 1st person, present#35,215
  • спра́шивающийpresent, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #485

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