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Russian
Etymology
по- (po-) + каза́ть (kazátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
показа́ть • (pokazátʹ) pf (imperfective пока́зывать)
- to show
1861, Фёдор Достоевский , “Часть III. Глава X”, in Униженные и оскорблённые; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Insulted and Humiliated, London: Heinemann, 1915:— Для чего́ ж вы э́то мне всё говори́те? — спроси́л он, гру́бо и зло́бно смотря́ на меня́. — Чтоб показа́ть свою́ проница́тельность?
— Чтоб показа́ть, что я вас понима́ю, и заяви́ть э́то пе́ред ва́ми.- — Dlja čevó ž vy éto mne vsjo govoríte? — sprosíl on, grúbo i zlóbno smotrjá na menjá. — Štob pokazátʹ svojú pronicátelʹnostʹ?
— Štob pokazátʹ, što ja vas ponimáju, i zajavítʹ éto péred vámi. - “Why are you saying all this to me?” he asked, looking rudely and maliciously at me. “To show your insight?”
“To show that I understand you, and to put it plainly before you.”
- to display, to reveal, to achieve
- to register, to read (of measuring devices)
- to point
- to depose, to testify, to give evidence
Conjugation
Conjugation of показа́ть (class 6c perfective transitive)