matchmaker russian

• сват

  matchmaker, marriage broker

  father of one's son-in-law, father of one's daughter-in-law

• сва́ха

  matchmaker

• сва́тавший

  who has proposed marriage, who has wooed, who has acted as a matchmaker

Examples

• Завтра к нам в гости приедет сват с женой.

  Tomorrow, the matchmaker and his wife are coming to visit us.

• Сват пришёл в дом просить руки девушки.

  The matchmaker came to the house to ask for the girl’s hand in marriage.

• Сваха обещала сосватать хорошую невесту.

  The matchmaker promised to find a good bride for him.

• Сваха переженила почти всех соседей в деревне.

  The matchmaker married off almost all the neighbors in the village.

• Старая сваха нашла невесту для соседа.

  The old matchmaker found a bride for the neighbor.

• Сваха приходила к нам вчера вечером.

  The matchmaker came to our place yesterday evening.

• Без свахи свадьбу тогда не устраивали.

  Back then, no wedding was arranged without a matchmaker.

• Это тот сват, женивший половину деревни.

  That’s the matchmaker who has married off half the village.

• Сватавшая их тетя очень гордилась своим делом.

  The aunt who had acted as a matchmaker for them was very proud of her work.

• Сосватавшая молодых сваха получила подарок.

  The matchmaker who had brought the young couple together received a gift.

• Сваха, переженившая полдеревни, стала известной.

  The matchmaker, who had arranged marriages for half the village, became well known.

• Сваха, поженившая молодых, была очень рада.

  The matchmaker who married the young couple off was very happy.

• Сводничающая соседка постоянно знакомила его с невестами.

  The neighbor, who was always trying to play matchmaker, kept introducing him to prospective brides.

• Соседка, сводничавшая всю жизнь, знала всех невест в округе.

  The neighbor, who had been playing matchmaker all her life, knew all the prospective brides in the area.

• Сводничавший старик устроил их свадьбу.

  The old man who had played matchmaker arranged their wedding.

• Она была той самой сводничавшей женщиной из нашего двора.

  She was that very woman from our courtyard who had been playing matchmaker.