придержать

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Russian

Etymology

при- (pri-) +‎ держа́ть (deržátʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

придержа́ть (prideržátʹpf (imperfective приде́рживать)

  1. to hold, to hold back
    Придержи́те лифт!Prideržíte lift!Hold the elevator!
    придержа́ть язы́кprideržátʹ jazýkto hold one's tongue (a colloquial way to say "to be quiet")
    • 1970, Василий Шукшин , Шире шаг..., Москва: Новый мир; English translation from Kathleen Mary Cook, transl., Step Out, Maestro!, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Солодо́вников вбежа́л на крыльцо́, откры́л тяжёлую дверь на пру­жи́не, придержа́л её, чтоб не гро́хнула...
      Solodóvnikov vbežál na krylʹcó, otkrýl tjažóluju dverʹ na pru­žíne, prideržál jejó, štob ne gróxnula...
      Solodovnikov ran up to the porch, pushed open the heavy door on a spring and held it so that it wouldn't bang.

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