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Russian verbs

731 verbs, every form of each one recorded. 579 follow a pattern; 152 have forms of their own. Open one to hear it.

  1. The essential 50The verbs you will say every day. Start here.
  2. #11 иметь to have (in formal speech: to have the right) Advanced Imperfective verb
  3. #33 значить to mean Advanced Imperfective verb
  4. #35 считать to count; to reckon, to think Advanced Imperfective verb
  5. #50 держать to hold Advanced Imperfective verb
  6. The next most usedIn the order you are likely to meet them.
  7. #74 вернуться to come back, to return (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  8. #94 подойти to go up to, to come up to (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  9. #99 носить to wear, to carry about Advanced Imperfective verb
  10. #106 хватать to be enough; with not, to be short of Advanced Imperfective verb
  11. #108 держаться to hold on, to hold oneself; to keep (one's nerve, a tuning) Advanced Reflexive verb
  12. #112 поставить to put, to stand something somewhere (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  13. #119 принимать to take (medicine, vitamins); to receive Advanced Imperfective verb
  14. #122 уходить to leave, to go away (on foot, again and again); to retire, with onto the pension Advanced Imperfective verb
  15. #129 оставить to leave something somewhere, to leave it as it is (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  16. #131 готовить to prepare, to get ready; to cook Advanced Imperfective verb
  17. #139 действовать to be valid, to be in force; to act Advanced Imperfective verb
  18. #144 ставить to put, to set down, to stand something Advanced Imperfective verb
  19. #145 открывать to open (again and again, or in the process of) Advanced Imperfective verb
  20. #175 расти to grow, to grow up Advanced Imperfective verb
  21. #176 вырасти to grow up; to go up (prices, once) Advanced Perfective verb
  22. #180 рождаться to be born (again and again, as a rule) Advanced Reflexive verb
  23. #192 отдыхать to rest, to have a rest Advanced Imperfective verb
  24. #195 звучать to sound Advanced Imperfective verb
  25. #211 выпить to drink (up, once) Advanced Perfective verb
  26. #220 снять to take off, to take down (once); to rent Advanced Perfective verb
  27. #228 жарить to fry Advanced Imperfective verb
  28. #231 решать to decide; to solve Advanced Imperfective verb
  29. #255 прислать to send (a car, a message, a person), once Advanced Perfective verb
  30. #256 показывать to show (again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  31. #269 потратить to spend (money, time), once Advanced Perfective verb
  32. #273 посчитать to count up, to work out a sum (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  33. #284 преподавать to teach (a subject, at a school) Advanced Imperfective verb
  34. #292 благодарить to thank (the formal verb) Advanced Imperfective verb
  35. #316 просыпаться to wake up (the ongoing verb) Advanced Reflexive verb
  36. #317 проснуться to wake up (one time) Advanced Reflexive verb
  37. #322 торопиться to hurry, to rush Advanced Reflexive verb
  38. #323 спешить to hurry, to rush Advanced Imperfective verb
  39. #326 успевать to be in time, to manage (again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  40. #343 переехать to move house, to move in (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  41. #355 возвращаться to come back, to return (the ongoing verb) Advanced Reflexive verb
  42. #359 привести to bring (a person, on foot, one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  43. #371 снимать to rent (a flat, as the tenant); to take off Advanced Imperfective verb
  44. #396 прочитать to read through, to the end (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  45. #398 ошибиться to make a mistake, to be wrong (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  46. #443 заплакать to start crying, to burst into tears (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  47. #446 жаловаться to complain Advanced Reflexive verb
  48. #460 накормить to feed (someone), once Advanced Perfective verb
  49. #473 упасть to fall (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  50. #479 поднимать to lift, to raise (ongoing) Advanced Imperfective verb
  51. #494 течь to flow, to run; to leak (of water, a tap, a roof) Advanced Imperfective verb
  52. More verbs from the lessons
  53. 575 требоваться to be required Advanced Reflexive verb
  54. 576 заверять to certify (ongoing) Advanced Imperfective verb
  55. 577 примерить to try on (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  56. 578 гравировать to engrave Advanced Imperfective verb
  57. 579 опускать to lower (ongoing) Advanced Imperfective verb
  58. 580 повернуть to turn (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  59. 581 поворачивать to turn (ongoing) Advanced Imperfective verb
  60. 582 крутить to turn something round and round, to crank Advanced Imperfective verb
  61. 583 послушать to listen (a while, once) Advanced Perfective verb
  62. 584 обменяться to exchange, with each other (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  63. 585 наливать to pour (a drink) Advanced Imperfective verb
  64. 586 превратиться to turn into, to become something else (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  65. 587 копить to save up (money) Advanced Imperfective verb
  66. 588 сдавать to let, to rent out; to hand in Advanced Imperfective verb
  67. 589 устроить to suit (someone); to arrange (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  68. 590 глядеть to look, to gaze (the everyday cousin of to look) Advanced Imperfective verb
  69. 591 обязаться to undertake, to bind oneself to (contract language) Advanced Reflexive verb
  70. 592 производиться to be done, to be carried out (contract language) Advanced Reflexive verb
  71. 593 заключаться to be concluded (of a contract) Advanced Reflexive verb
  72. 594 зарегистрироваться to register oneself, at an address (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  73. 595 заносить to carry in, to bring in (again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  74. 596 вынести to carry out, to take out (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  75. 597 вносить to carry in, to bring in (again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  76. 598 беспокоить to trouble, to bother Advanced Imperfective verb
  77. 599 полюбить to come to love, to take to (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  78. 600 подавать to file, to hand in (documents, again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  79. 601 оформлять to process, to draw up papers (again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  80. 602 выдавать to issue, to hand out (again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  81. 603 выдать to issue, to hand out (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  82. 604 продлить to extend, to renew (a contract, a permit, one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  83. 605 полагаться to be due (to someone), to be owed by right Advanced Reflexive verb
  84. 606 начислить to accrue, to credit (pay, one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  85. 607 удержать to withhold, to hold back (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  86. 608 выплатить to pay out (wages, one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  87. 609 оплатить to pay for (a bill, the rent, one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  88. 610 освободиться to get free, to become free (of a person or a room, one time) Advanced Reflexive verb
  89. 611 маяться to toil, to suffer along (the village word) Advanced Reflexive verb
  90. 612 съесть to eat up (one time); to swallow a sum Advanced Perfective verb
  91. 613 накопить to save up (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  92. 614 сдаваться to be let, to be for rent; to give up Advanced Reflexive verb
  93. 615 весить to weigh Advanced Imperfective verb
  94. 616 выровнять to level, to make even (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  95. 617 просушить to dry out (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  96. 618 торговаться to bargain, to haggle Advanced Reflexive verb
  97. 619 вычеркнуть to cross out (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  98. 620 подписывать to sign (again and again, or in the process of) Advanced Imperfective verb
  99. 621 исправить to correct, to put right (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  100. 622 отпускать to let go, to release Advanced Imperfective verb
  101. 623 подержать to hold for a moment (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  102. 624 укатиться to roll away (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  103. 625 внести to carry in, to bring in (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  104. 626 открыться to open (of a shop or a door, once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  105. 627 обойтись to come to (a price); to manage without (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  106. 628 постараться to try, to do one's best (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  107. 629 захотеть to want, to come to want (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  108. 630 назвать to name, to call someone a name (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  109. 631 расстроиться to get upset (once); of a piano, to go out of tune Advanced Reflexive verb
  110. 632 предупреждать to warn (again and again, or in the process) Advanced Imperfective verb
  111. 633 занять to take (time); to occupy, to borrow (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  112. 634 услышать to hear (one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  113. 635 превращаться to turn into, to become (something else) Advanced Reflexive verb
  114. 636 накрыть to cover (with a cloth, a sheet); to lay (a table), once Advanced Perfective verb
  115. 637 рожать to give birth, to be in labour Advanced Imperfective verb
  116. 638 купать to bathe (a child) Advanced Imperfective verb
  117. 639 покачать to rock (a baby) for a while, one time Advanced Perfective verb
  118. 640 подтверждать to confirm Advanced Imperfective verb
  119. 641 приходиться to be related to someone as; word for word, to come to someone as Advanced Reflexive verb
  120. 642 крестить to christen, to baptise Advanced Imperfective verb
  121. 643 смазать to grease, to oil (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  122. 644 раздевать to undress (someone) Advanced Imperfective verb
  123. 645 прибавить to put on (weight); to add (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  124. 646 одевать to dress (someone) Advanced Imperfective verb
  125. 647 подъезжать to approach, to drive up to (by wheels) Advanced Imperfective verb
  126. 648 отъехать to drive away from, to get some distance from (one trip) Advanced Perfective verb
  127. 649 проезжать to pass, to drive through or past (on the way) Advanced Imperfective verb
  128. 650 проехать to pass, to drive through or past (one trip) Advanced Perfective verb
  129. 651 укачивать to rock (a baby) to sleep Advanced Imperfective verb
  130. 652 пообедать to have lunch (one meal, finished) Advanced Perfective verb
  131. 653 свистнуть to whistle once, to give a whistle Advanced Perfective verb
  132. 654 опустить to lower, to dip (one movement) Advanced Perfective verb
  133. 655 укачать to make seasick, to rock to sleep (the subjectless verb for feeling sick) Advanced Perfective verb
  134. 656 заговорить to start talking, to begin to speak Advanced Perfective verb
  135. 657 испечь to bake (one batch, finished) Advanced Perfective verb
  136. 658 взлететь to take off, to fly up (once) Advanced Perfective verb