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Russian
Etymology
до- (do-) + тяну́ть (tjanútʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
дотяну́ть • (dotjanútʹ) pf (imperfective дотя́гивать)
- to draw (up to, as far as), to drag (to; as far as), to haul (up to; as far as)
- to stretch out (to; as far as), to extend (to; as far as), to bring (to)
доро́гу дотяну́ли до дере́вни- dorógu dotjanúli do derévni
- the road has been extended as far as the village
- (colloquial) to hold out (till), to last out (till)
маши́на едва́ дотя́нет до города- mašína jedvá dotjánet do goroda
- the car will just about hold out till we get to town
самолёт не дотяну́л до аэродро́ма- samoljót ne dotjanúl do aerodróma
- the plane didn't make it to the airfield
- (colloquial) to while away one's time (till, until)
не зна́ю, как дотяну́ть до у́жина- ne znáju, kak dotjanútʹ do úžina
- I don't know how to while away my time until dinner
- (colloquial) to live (till), to live to see, to last out
он не дотя́нет до утра- on ne dotjánet do utra
- he won't last/live out the night; he won't last till morning
не дотяну́ть до побе́ды- ne dotjanútʹ do pobédy
- not to live to see the victory
- (colloquial) to reach
- (colloquial) to improve, to put right, to brush up, to edit, to touch up
статью ну́жно немно́го дотяну́ть- statʹju núžno nemnógo dotjanútʹ
- the article needs a touch-up
- (colloquial) to delay, to protract, to drag one's feet
Conjugation
Conjugation of дотяну́ть (class 3c perfective transitive)