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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

пла́кать

[ˈpɫakətʲ]to cry, to weep

Frequency rank #856 About 1 in every 9,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
плакать #856

Meaning

  1. to cry, to weep
  2. to mourn, to weep
  3. in expressions

Examples

Пла́кали де́нежки!

The money has simply vanished. / You can kiss your money good-bye. / You can whistle for your money.

Па́лка по нему́ пла́чет.

He's asking for it. / What he needs is a thrashing.

Related

  • запла́кать aspect partner

Forms by frequency

  • пла́катьinfinitive#3,063
  • пла́чуsingular, 1st person, present#3,189
  • пла́четsingular, 3rd person, present#4,512
  • пла́чьimperative, singular, 2nd person#4,801
  • пла́чешьsingular, 2nd person, present#6,142
  • пла́калаfeminine, singular, past#6,550
  • пла́калmasculine, singular, past#7,268
  • пла́чутplural, 3rd person, present#16,458
  • пла́калиplural, past#23,067
  • пла́чаpresent, gerund#28,108
  • пла́четеplural, 2nd person, present#33,915
  • пла́чьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#34,336
  • пла́чемplural, 1st person, present#49,438
  • пла́чущийpresent, participle

and 4 more forms

Words near #856

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