портить

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пъртити (pŭrtiti, spend), from Proto-Slavic *pъrtiti. Cognate to поро́ть (porótʹ), портно́й (portnój).

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Verb

по́ртить (pórtitʹimpf (perfective испо́ртить or попо́ртить)

  1. to spoil, to ruin, to mar, to damage
    по́ртить кому́-либо кровьpórtitʹ komú-libo krovʹto annoy (someone), to spoil (someone's) mood (literally, “to spoil (someone's) blood”)
    • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Сирена; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Siren, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020:
      — Послу́шайте, — сказа́л председа́тель, поднима́я глаза́ на секретаря́, — говори́те поти́ше! Я и́з-за вас уже́ второ́й лист по́рчу.
      — Poslúšajte, — skazál predsedátelʹ, podnimája glazá na sekretarjá, — govoríte potíše! Ja íz-za vas užé vtorój list pórču.
      “Listen,” said the chairman, raising his eyes to the secretary, “speak more softly! I’ve already ruined this page twice on account of you.”
  2. (colloquial) to corrupt, to spoil, to deflower (virgins)

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