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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

хвата́ть

[xvɐˈtatʲ]to grasp, to grab, to seize, to snap, to snatch, to catch, to catch hold of

Frequency rank #769 About 1 in every 8,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
хватать #769

Meaning

  1. to grasp, to grab, to seize, to snap, to snatch, to catch, to catch hold of

Examples

хвата́ть кого́-либо за́ руку/за ру́ку

to seize / grasp someone by the hand

хвата́ть что́-либо на лету́

to be very quick at something.

Related

  • схвати́ть aspect partner
  • хвата́ть also: verb, to suffice, to be enough, to be sufficient, to adequate

Forms by frequency

  • хвата́етsingular, 3rd person, present#1,247
  • хвата́лоneuter, singular, past#3,768
  • хвата́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#6,201
  • хвата́тьinfinitive#8,881
  • хвата́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#14,139
  • хвата́ютplural, 3rd person, present#45,710
  • хвата́ющийpresent, participle
  • хвата́вшийpast, participle
  • хвата́емыйpresent, participle
  • хвата́яpresent, gerund
  • хвата́вpast, gerund
  • хвата́вшиpast, gerund
  • хвата́юsingular, 1st person, present
  • хвата́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present

and 5 more forms

Words near #769

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