fancy russian

• нра́виться

  to like, to enjoy, to please

  to like (a person), to fancy

• фанта́зия

  imagination, fancy

  fantasy, figment of the imagination, daydream

  whim, caprice

  fantasia

• шика́рный

  chic, stylish, smart, elegant

  luxurious, posh, fancy, sumptuous

  splendid, gorgeous, grand, fine

• пиро́жное

  fancy cake, pastry, sponge-cake

• возомни́ть

  to fancy oneself (as), to imagine oneself to be, to think oneself (to be)

  to think highly of oneself, to get a big head, to become conceited

• увле́чься

  to be absorbed in, to be keen on, to take up enthusiastically, to become interested in

  to get carried away, to go too far

  to become infatuated with, to fall for, to take a fancy to

• вообрази́ть

  to imagine, to picture, to visualize, to envision

  to fancy, to imagine (wrongly), to suppose

• карнава́л

  carnival

  costume party, masquerade, fancy-dress party

• вообража́ть

  to imagine, to picture, to envision, to fancy

  to think, to suppose, to believe

  to fancy oneself, to be conceited, to have a high opinion of oneself

• прики́д

  outfit, clothes, getup, gear

  fancy outfit, expensive threads

• при́хоть

  whim, caprice, whimsy, fancy

• вы́мысел

  invention, fiction, imagination fancy, falsehood

• наря́дный

  elegant, dressy, smart, fancy

  well-dressed, smartly dressed, dressed up

  gaily decorated, colourful, pretty

• маскара́д

  masquerade, fancy ball

• мечта́ние

  daydreaming, reverie, musing

  dream, cherished wish, fancy

• костюмиро́ванный

  in costume, in fancy-dress

• приви́деться

  to appear in a dream, to be dreamt, to dream (of)

  to appear (as an illusion), to imagine seeing, to fancy that one sees

• химе́ра

  chimera, illusion, pipe dream, fancy

  chimera

• ха́халь

  boyfriend, lover, fancy man, beau

• выкрута́сы

  flourishes, curlicues, ornamental twirls, ornaments

  pretentious floridity, affected turns of phrase, mannerisms, fancy phrases

  quirks, vagaries, antics

• наворо́ченный

  fancy, high-end, loaded, tricked out

• рукоде́лие

  needlework, fancy-work

• чу́диться

  to seem, to appear, to occur to

  to imagine one hears, to imagine one sees, to fancy one hears

• вышива́ние

  embroidery, fancy-work, fine needle-work

• прикипе́ть

  to take a strong liking, to take a fancy

• галантере́я

  haberdashery, fancy goods

• заноси́ться

  to put on airs, to fancy oneself, to get carried away

  to become worn out (of clothes), to get shabby

• облюбова́ть

  to take a liking to (a person), to set one's heart on

  to pick out (to one's liking), to take a fancy to, to choose

• слюби́ться

  to fall in love with each other, to come to love one another, to take a fancy to each other

• разносо́л

  pickles, pickled vegetables, home preserves

  delicacies, dainties, fancy fare

  August (folk name)

• ря́женный

  mummery, fancy-dress, disguised, dressed up

• галантере́йщик

  haberdasher, fancy goods dealer

• прикипа́ть

  to take a strong liking, to take a fancy

• вы́ряженный

  dressed up, dressed in fancy clothes, decked out

• рукоде́льничать

  to do needlework, to do fancy-work

• вообрази́ться

  to imagine, to fancy, to appear (in one's imagination)

• мня́щий

  conceited, self-important, fancying oneself

• мни́вший

  fancying (oneself), imagining (oneself), believing (oneself to be), who imagined

Examples

• У э́того кла́дбища даже есть свой сайт, а на нём — страни́ца «Но́вости»! Как вы себе представля́ете но́вости с кла́дбища?!

  This cemetery even has its own site, and there is a page “News” on it! Can you fancy news from the graveyard?!

• Боже, я забы́л очки, мне так неловко.

  Fancy forgetting my glasses, it's so embarrassing.

• Приве́т! Не ожида́л встре́тить тебя здесь. Мир те́сен.

  Hello! Fancy meeting you here! It's a small world, isn't it?

• Дети часто живу́т в ми́ре фанта́зий.

  Children often live in a world of fancy.

• Вот уж не ду́мал уви́деть вас здесь.

  Fancy seeing you here.

• Выходить на у́лицу в таку́ю пого́ду просто невероятно.

  I can't fancy going out in this weather.

• Том и Мэри отпра́вились в шика́рный рестора́н, чтобы отпра́здновать годовщи́ну свое́й сва́дьбы.

  Tom and Mary went to a fancy restaurant to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

• От э́тих эффектных обновлений маши́на только улитизируется.

  These fancy upgrades only serve to snailify the car.

• Мой брат в после́днее вре́мя увлёкся горноста́ями.

  My brother has recently taken a fancy for stoats.

• Я никогда ни на секу́нду не представля́л, что буду в состоя́нии позво́лить себе жить в тако́м мо́дном до́ме.

  I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.

• Он мечта́ всех де́вушек.

  All the girls fancy him.

• Я не счита́ю себя всезна́йкой.

  I don't fancy myself a know-it-all.

• Этот продавец пытался заморочить нас красивыми словами.

  That salesman tried to bamboozle us with fancy words.

• Он всегда замазывает свои ошибки красивыми словами.

  He always glosses over his mistakes with fancy words.

• Бабушка, рядившая внучку в наряд, была счастлива.

  The grandmother, who dressed her granddaughter in a fancy outfit, was happy.

• Гость, облачавшийся в маскарадный костюм, смеялся над своим отражением.

  The guest, putting on a fancy-dress costume, laughed at his reflection.