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Top 500verb, imperfective

брать

[bratʲ]to take

Frequency rank #419 About 1 in every 4,200 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
брать #419

Meaning

  1. to take

Examples

брать себе́ в го́лову

to take it into one's head

брать кого́-либо за́ руку

to take someone by the hand

Related

Forms by frequency

  • бери́imperative, singular, 2nd person#1,809
  • бра́тьinfinitive#2,091
  • беру́singular, 1st person, present#2,628
  • бра́лmasculine, singular, past#4,322
  • берётsingular, 3rd person, present#4,560
  • бери́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#4,684
  • беру́тplural, 3rd person, present#6,284
  • берёшьsingular, 2nd person, present#6,571
  • берёмplural, 1st person, present#8,944
  • брала́feminine, singular, past#9,659
  • бра́лиplural, past#10,023
  • берётеplural, 2nd person, present#13,490
  • беру́щийpresent, participle
  • бра́вшийpast, participle

and 4 more forms

Words near #419

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