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Russian
Etymology
по- (po-) + пасть (pastʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
попа́сть • (popástʹ) pf (imperfective попада́ть)
- to hit (a target)
- не попа́сть в цель ― ne popástʹ v celʹ ― to miss (one's aim)
- to get (to), to come (upon), to fall (into), to find oneself (in), to hit (upon)
- попа́сть кому́-либо в ру́ки ― popástʹ komú-libo v rúki ― to fall into somebody's hands
- попа́сть домо́й ― popástʹ domój ― to get home
- попа́сть в плен ― popástʹ v plen ― to be taken prisoner
- (colloquial) The impersonal past with an interrogative, location or time adverb indicates something occurring at random.
- где попа́ло ― gde popálo ― everywhere, anywhere, wherever, lying around
- как попа́ло ― kak popálo ― haphazardly, without thinking, however, randomly, any way
- что попа́ло ― što popálo ― whatever, anything
- куда́ попа́ло ― kudá popálo ― (to) everywhere, (to) anywhere, (to) wherever, all over the place
Conjugation
Conjugation of попа́сть (class 7b perfective intransitive)
Derived terms