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Russian
Etymology
за- (za-) + брать (bratʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
забра́ть • (zabrátʹ) pf (imperfective забира́ть)
- to take away, to seize, to collect; to capture, to take possession
- забра́ть себе́ в го́лову ― zabrátʹ sebé v gólovu ― to take it into one's head
- to collect, to pick up
- забра́ть това́р ― zabrátʹ továr ― to pick up the goods
- to arrest
- За людьми́ приезжа́ли на чёрных маши́нах, так называ́емых «воро́нках», по ноча́м и забира́ли це́лыми се́мьями. ― Za ljudʹmí prijezžáli na čórnyx mašínax, tak nazyvájemyx «vorónkax», po nočám i zabiráli célymi sémʹjami. ― They came for people in black cars, the so-called "voronkas" ("paddy wagons") in the night and arrested entire families.
- to pick up (to collect a passenger)
- Я забира́ю сы́на по́сле рабо́ты. ― Ja zabiráju sýna pósle rabóty. ― I pick up (my) son after work.
- to bear, to turn off, to turn aside
- забра́ть впра́во ― zabrátʹ vprávo ― to bear (to the) right
Conjugation
Conjugation of забра́ть (class 6°b/c perfective transitive)