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Top 1,000verb, perfective

встре́тить

[ˈfstrʲetʲɪtʲ]to meet, to encounter, to come across

Frequency rank #726 About 1 in every 7,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
встретить #726

Meaning

  1. to meet, to encounter, to come across
  2. to meet, to receive, to welcome

Examples

Я встре́тил её в метро́.

I ran into her on the metro.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • встре́чуsingular, 1st person, future#1,384
  • встре́тилmasculine, singular, past#1,973
  • встре́тилаfeminine, singular, past#3,006
  • встре́титьinfinitive#3,117
  • встре́тилиplural, past#8,527
  • встре́тишьsingular, 2nd person, future#9,027
  • встре́титsingular, 3rd person, future#14,235
  • встре́тимplural, 1st person, future#16,685
  • встре́титеplural, 2nd person, future#27,299
  • встре́тятplural, 3rd person, future#30,954
  • встре́тьimperative, singular, 2nd person#38,030
  • встре́тивpast, gerund#47,261
  • встре́тившийpast, participle
  • встре́ченныйpast, participle

and 3 more forms

Words near #726

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