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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

чита́ть

[t͡ɕɪˈtatʲ]to read

Frequency rank #510 About 1 in every 5,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
читать #510

Meaning

  1. to read
  2. to recite
  3. to lecture, to give a lecture, to deliver a lecture

Examples

чита́ть про себя́

to read silently, to read to oneself

чита́ть ме́жду стро́к

to read between the lines

Related

Forms by frequency

  • чита́тьinfinitive#1,635
  • чита́лmasculine, singular, past#2,135
  • чита́лаfeminine, singular, past#3,781
  • чита́юsingular, 1st person, present#5,146
  • чита́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#5,514
  • чита́етsingular, 3rd person, present#6,404
  • чита́лиplural, past#6,409
  • чита́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#7,333
  • чита́етеplural, 2nd person, present#13,826
  • чита́ютplural, 3rd person, present#16,028
  • чита́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#18,210
  • чита́яpresent, gerund#26,735
  • чита́емplural, 1st person, present#29,558
  • чита́ющийpresent, participle

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Words near #510

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