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Top 500verb, imperfective

полага́ть

[pəɫɐˈɡatʲ]to suppose, to think

Frequency rank #490 About 1 in every 5,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
полагать #490

Meaning

  1. to suppose, to think
  2. to define
  3. to apply, to impose

Examples

Полага́ю, ты прав.

I suppose you're right.

Related

  • положи́ть aspect partner
  • полага́ть also: verb, to infer, to suppose, to guess, to believe, to think, to reckon

Forms by frequency

  • полага́юsingular, 1st person, present#580
  • полага́тьinfinitive#9,491
  • полага́емplural, 1st person, present#11,379
  • полага́лmasculine, singular, past#12,756
  • полага́етеplural, 2nd person, present#13,106
  • полага́етsingular, 3rd person, present#17,751
  • полага́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#20,289
  • полага́ютplural, 3rd person, present#20,428
  • полага́лаfeminine, singular, past#31,417
  • полага́лиplural, past#34,370
  • полага́яpresent, gerund#36,941
  • полага́ющийpresent, participle
  • полага́вшийpast, participle
  • полага́емыйpresent, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #490

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