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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

заставля́ть

[zəstɐˈvlʲætʲ]to make (someone do something), to force

Frequency rank #834 About 1 in every 9,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
заставлять #834

Meaning

  1. to make (someone do something), to force
  2. to fill, to cram, to jam, to clutter
  3. to block up, to close off

Examples

Не заставля́й меня́ ждать.

Don't make me wait.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • заставля́етsingular, 3rd person, present#2,232
  • заставля́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#5,616
  • заставля́тьinfinitive#6,754
  • заставля́ютplural, 3rd person, present#7,924
  • заставля́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#9,359
  • заставля́лmasculine, singular, past#9,439
  • заставля́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#16,441
  • заставля́лаfeminine, singular, past#17,629
  • заставля́юsingular, 1st person, present#18,970
  • заставля́лиplural, past#19,429
  • заставля́яpresent, gerund#22,491
  • заставля́етеplural, 2nd person, present#23,471
  • заставля́лоneuter, singular, past#42,832
  • заставля́ющийpresent, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #834

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