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Top 500verb, perfective

хвати́ть

[xvɐˈtʲitʲ]to snatch and devour

Frequency rank #287 About 1 in every 2,700 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
хватить #287

Meaning

  1. to snatch and devour
  2. to gulp down
  3. to get drunk

Examples

овсы́ хвати́ло гра́дом

the oats were damaged by the hail

Related

  • хвата́ть aspect partner
  • хвати́ть also: verb, to suffice, to be sufficient / enough; to last out

Forms by frequency

  • хва́титsingular, 3rd person, future#295
  • хвати́лоneuter, singular, past#3,701
  • хвати́тьinfinitive#13,034
  • хвати́лmasculine, singular, past#40,034
  • хвати́вшийpast, participle
  • хва́ченныйpast, participle
  • хвати́вpast, gerund
  • хвати́вшиpast, gerund
  • хвачу́singular, 1st person, future
  • хва́тишьsingular, 2nd person, future
  • хва́тимplural, 1st person, future
  • хва́титеplural, 2nd person, future
  • хва́тятplural, 3rd person, future
  • хвати́imperative, singular, 2nd person

and 2 more forms

Words near #287

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