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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

теря́ть

[tʲɪˈrʲætʲ]to lose, to waste

Frequency rank #956 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
терять #956

Meaning

  1. to lose, to waste
  2. to shed

Examples

Не теря́й вре́мя.

Don't waste time.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • теря́тьinfinitive#2,947
  • теря́емplural, 1st person, present#6,840
  • теря́етsingular, 3rd person, present#7,071
  • теря́юsingular, 1st person, present#7,447
  • теря́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#7,846
  • теря́ютplural, 3rd person, present#12,875
  • теря́лmasculine, singular, past#14,816
  • теря́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#17,022
  • теря́етеplural, 2nd person, present#18,804
  • теря́лиplural, past#23,054
  • теря́лаfeminine, singular, past#25,458
  • теря́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#28,906
  • теря́яpresent, gerund#47,531
  • теря́ющийpresent, participle

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Words near #956

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