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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

стара́ться

[stɐˈrat͡sːə]to try, to attempt

Frequency rank #786 About 1 in every 8,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
стараться #786

Meaning

  1. to try, to attempt
  2. to endeavour/endeavor, to make an effort
  3. to pursue

Examples

Я стара́юсь ду́мать о други́х хоро́ших фи́льмах.

I'm trying to think of other good movies.

Они́ шепта́лись, стара́лись спря́таться от Передо́нова и тихо́нько ле́зли к нему́ под поду́шку.

They whispered to each other, tried to hide from Peredonov, and stealthily crept towards him under the pillow.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • стара́юсьsingular, 1st person, present#2,442
  • стара́лсяmasculine, singular, past#4,507
  • стара́тьсяinfinitive#6,396
  • стара́ласьfeminine, singular, past#6,874
  • стара́етсяsingular, 3rd person, present#8,588
  • стара́ешьсяsingular, 2nd person, present#10,634
  • стара́емсяplural, 1st person, present#10,794
  • стара́лисьplural, past#11,154
  • стара́йсяimperative, singular, 2nd person#12,386
  • стара́ютсяplural, 3rd person, present#15,295
  • стара́ясьpresent, gerund#23,865
  • стара́йтесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#26,247
  • стара́етесьplural, 2nd person, present#31,451
  • стара́ющийсяpresent, participle

and 3 more forms

Words near #786

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