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Russian
Pronunciation
Verb
поквита́ться • (pokvitátʹsja) pf
- to get even
- Synonyms: расквита́ться (raskvitátʹsja), свести́ счёты (svestí sčóty)
1869, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть II. Глава XIV”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:— А, посто́й, голу́бчик, я поквита́юсь с тобо́й — вме́сто Мари́ны! — зло́бно говори́л он, — смотри́, пожа́луй, в кали́тку ле́зет: а я там, как пень, карау́лю у плетня́!..- — A, postój, golúbčik, ja pokvitájusʹ s tobój — vmésto Maríny! — zlóbno govoríl on, — smotrí, požáluj, v kalítku lézet: a ja tam, kak penʹ, karaúlju u pletnjá!..
- “Just stay right there, young fellow, I’m going to get even with you – you were expecting Marina, and you got me instead!” he said threateningly. “She’s probably sneaking in through the wicket gate, and there I am, like a dummy, keeping watch by the wattle fence.”
Conjugation
Conjugation of поквита́ться (class 1a perfective reflexive)