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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

стреля́ть

[strʲɪˈlʲætʲ]to shoot, to fire

Frequency rank #602 About 1 in every 6,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
стрелять #602

Meaning

  1. to shoot, to fire
  2. to shoot feel acute pains
  3. to cadge

Examples

стреля́ть из пу́шек по воробья́м

to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, to break a butterfly on the wheel, to crush a fly with a steam-roller

Related

  • вы́стрелить aspect partner

Forms by frequency

  • стреля́тьinfinitive#1,913
  • стреля́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#3,589
  • стреля́лmasculine, singular, past#3,611
  • стреля́лиplural, past#4,343
  • стреля́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#5,159
  • стреля́етsingular, 3rd person, present#9,122
  • стреля́ютplural, 3rd person, present#9,533
  • стреля́лаfeminine, singular, past#16,732
  • стреля́юsingular, 1st person, present#16,898
  • стреля́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#20,268
  • стреля́вшийpast, participle#35,036
  • стреля́емplural, 1st person, present#37,859
  • стреля́етеplural, 2nd person, present#38,148
  • стреля́ющийpresent, participle

and 6 more forms

Words near #602

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