ба́ба

common #811B2

nounfeminineanimatecountablecolloquial

1.
woman (colloquial), broad, dame
Какая-то ба́ба крича́ла на у́лице.
Some woman was shouting in the street.
Colloquial and often dismissive word for a woman; can be offensive.
2.
peasant woman, countrywoman
В дере́вне ба́бы жа́ли рожь.
In the village the peasant women were reaping rye.
Traditional or historical use, of village women.
3.
grandma, granny
Ба́ба, дай конфе́ту!
Grandma, give me a sweet!
Short for «бабушка», children's speech.
4.
baba (cake), rum babacooking
Он купи́л ромовую ба́бу к чаю.
He bought a rum baba to go with the tea.
Usually in «ромовая баба».

Usage info

generally means woman as well as other colloquial uses

Ба́ба с во́зу — кобы́ле легче.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Ты ле́пишь снеговика́? - "Нет, я леплю́ сне́жную ба́бу".
Are you making a snowman? "No, I'm making a snow woman."
Мэри назвала́ Тома ба́бой.
Mary said that Tom was a sissy.
Он пища́л как ба́ба, когда поднял кры́шку кастрю́ли и уви́дел там мою го́лову.
He squealed like a woman when he lifted the lid of the pot and saw my head inside.
Баба Яга живет в избушке на курьих ножках.
Baba Yaga lives in a hut standing on chicken legs.
Том вопи́л, как ба́ба.
Tom screamed like a woman.
В спектакле она играла Бабу Ягу.
She played Baba Yaga in the performance.
Давным-давно жили-были бе́дный мужи́к да бога́тая ба́ба.
Once upon a time, there lived a poor man and a rich woman.
Баба Яга летала в ступе по лесу.
Baba Yaga flew through the forest in a mortar.
Дети боятся Бабы Яги из сказки.
The children are afraid of Baba Yaga from the fairy tale.