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Russian
Etymology
за- (za-) + тяну́ть (tjanútʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
затяну́ть • (zatjanútʹ) pf (imperfective затя́гивать)
- to tighten
- затя́гивать корсе́т ― zatjágivatʹ korsét ― to lace/tighten up a corset/girdle
- затяну́ть га́йки ― zatjanútʹ gájki ― to tighten the screws (also figuratively)
- затяну́ть по́яс ― zatjanútʹ pójas ― to tighten one's belt; to take one's belt in
- to cover, to close
- ра́ну затяну́ло ― ránu zatjanúlo ― the wound is beginning to heal; the wound has skinned over
- to procrastinate, to delay, to drag out
- затяну́ть де́ло ― zatjanútʹ délo ― to drag out a business
- затяну́ть конфли́кт ― zatjanútʹ konflíkt ― to protract a conflict
- to pull (into)
- to drag (into), to suck (into), to suck (down), to engulf, to swallow up
- лошаде́й затяну́ло в боло́то; боло́то затяну́ло лошаде́й ― lošadéj zatjanúlo v bolóto; bolóto zatjanúlo lošadéj ― the horses were sucked down in the bog
- to swallow up, to absorb, to engross
- э́та кни́га про́сто затяну́ла меня́ ― éta kníga prósto zatjanúla menjá ― this book really absorbed me
- to start singing, to begin to harp (on)
- затяну́ть ста́рую (свою́ обы́чную / люби́мую) пе́сню ― zatjanútʹ stáruju (svojú obýčnuju / ljubímuju) pésnju ― to (begin to) harp on one's favourite/favorite tune
1790, Александр Радищев, “София”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:Лошади меня мчат; извозчик мой затянул песню, по обыкновению заунывную.- Lošadi menja mčat; izvozčik moj zatjanul pesnju, po obyknoveniju zaunyvnuju.
- The horses carry me quickly; my driver has started a song, as usual a melancholy one.
Conjugation
Conjugation of затяну́ть (class 3c perfective transitive)
Derived terms