преть

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrěti.

Pronunciation

Verb

пре́ть (prétʹimpf (perfective сопре́ть or упре́ть or взопре́ть or опре́ть)

  1. to rot
    Perfective: сопре́ть (soprétʹ)
  2. (colloquial) to stew
    Perfective: упре́ть (uprétʹ)
  3. (colloquial) to sweat
    Perfective: взопре́ть (vzoprétʹ)
  4. (medicine) (of skin) to become intertriginous, to become wet and irritated in folds
    Perfective: опре́ть (oprétʹ)

Conjugation