вороти́ть
- 1.
to bring back, to get back, to return, to undocolloquial
Отда́ть деньги легко́, да вороти́ть их тру́дно.
It is easy to give money away but hard to get it back.
Often in sayings about the irretrievable past.
- 2.
to turn back, to turn aside, to turn awaycolloquial
Пришлось вороти́ть с полдоро́ги.
We had to turn back halfway.
Also in воротить нос 'turn up one's nose'.
Examples
Сделанного не воро́тишь.
What's done can't be undone.
Сказанного не воро́тишь.
You cannot take back what you have said.
Поте́рянного вре́мени не воро́тишь.
Lost time cannot be recovered.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | ворочу́ |
| ты | - | воро́тишь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | воро́тит |
| мы | - | воро́тим |
| вы | - | воро́тите |
| они́ | - | воро́тят |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | вороти́ |
| вы | вороти́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | вороти́л |
| feminine | вороти́ла |
| neuter | вороти́ло |
| plural | вороти́ли |
Participles
| Active present | turning, revolving, overturning, sending back | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | who turned away, who turned back, who averted | |
| Passive present | returnable, reversible | |
| Passive past | turned, moved, shifted | |
| Gerund present | воротя́ | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | вороти́в воротивши | while doing (past) |
Word familyво́ротPRO
- во́ротcollar; windlass
- вороти́лаbig pot
- вороти́тьto bring back; to turn back; to shove aside
- вороти́тьсяto return
- вы́воротитьto wrench out; to dislocate
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