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Top 500verb, perfective

переста́ть

[pʲɪrʲɪˈstatʲ]to stop, to cease, to quit

Frequency rank #432 About 1 in every 4,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
перестать #432

Meaning

  1. to stop, to cease, to quit

Examples

Переста́нь боя́ться своего́ отца́!

Stop being afraid of your father!

Related

Forms by frequency

  • переста́ньimperative, singular, 2nd person#934
  • переста́тьinfinitive#2,570
  • переста́лmasculine, singular, past#3,691
  • переста́ньтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#4,202
  • переста́лаfeminine, singular, past#5,507
  • переста́лиplural, past#6,505
  • переста́нешьsingular, 2nd person, future#7,634
  • переста́нетsingular, 3rd person, future#8,846
  • переста́нуsingular, 1st person, future#10,142
  • переста́нутplural, 3rd person, future#16,365
  • переста́немplural, 1st person, future#20,811
  • переста́нетеplural, 2nd person, future#24,545
  • переста́лоneuter, singular, past#30,788
  • переста́вшийpast, participle

and 2 more forms

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