натерпеться

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Russian

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ терпе́ть (terpétʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

натерпе́ться (naterpétʹsjapf

  1. (colloquial) to experience, to suffer a lot
    • 1885, Антон Чехов , Старость; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., Old Age, 1915:
      — Да, она́ эксцентри́чная была́… Натерпе́лся я от неё. Быва́ло, оби́дится на что́-нибудь и начнёт не́рвничать… А пото́м что бы́ло?
      — Da, oná ekscentríčnaja bylá… Naterpélsja ja ot nejó. Byválo, obíditsja na štó-nibudʹ i načnjót nérvničatʹ… A potóm što býlo?
      "Yes, she was eccentric. I suffered enough with her. She would take offence at some trifle and then get nervous. . . . And what happened afterwards?"

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