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RUSSIAN VERB

испугаться

to get scared

  • #430 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he got scared
  2. она she got scared
  3. оно it got scared
  4. они they got scared

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will get scared
  2. ты you will get scared
  3. он, она, оно he/she will get scared
  4. мы we will get scared
  5. вы you all will get scared
  6. они they will get scared

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would get scared
  2. она she would get scared
  3. оно it would get scared
  4. они they would get scared

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты get scared!
  2. вы get scared! (formal, or all of you)

How to use испугаться

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Past

    Я испугался грома, как маленький.

    I got scared by the thunder, like a little kid.

  2. Future

    Дети испугаются, если выключить свет.

    The kids will get scared if the light goes off.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы испугался на твоём месте.

    I'd have been scared in your place.

  4. Imperative

    Только не испугайся, у нас в ванной паук.

    Just don't get a fright, there's a spider in our bathroom.

Good to know

  • Испугаться takes the genitive: испугаться собаки, испугаться темноты. Пугаться is the imperfective.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.