простираться

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

простира́ть (prostirátʹ, to stretch) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Verb

простира́ться (prostirátʹsjaimpf (perfective простере́ться)

  1. (literary) to stretch, to reach, to range
    простира́ться до чего́-либоprostirátʹsja do čevó-liboto reach something; stretch to something
    простира́ться на сто киломе́тровprostirátʹsja na sto kilométrovto stretch for a hundred kilometres
    • 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава II. Вожатый”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
      Вокруг меня простирались печальные пустыни, пересеченные холмами и оврагами.
      Vokrug menja prostiralisʹ pečalʹnyje pustyni, peresečennyje xolmami i ovragami.
      Dreary plains, intercepted by mounds and hollows, stretched around me.
  2. passive of простира́ть (prostirátʹ, to stretch)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

простира́ть (prostirátʹ, to wash) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Verb

простира́ться (prostirátʹsjaimpf (perfective прости́рываться)

  1. (colloquial) to wash oneself well
  2. passive of простира́ть (prostirátʹ, to wash)
Conjugation