вы́царапать
- 1.
to scratch out, to claw out, to gouge out
Ко́шка чуть не вы́царапала ему глаз.
The cat almost clawed his eye out.
often of eyes or of scraping something off a surface
- 2.
to scratch (an inscription), to carve, to engrave (by scratching)
Он вы́царапал своё и́мя на па́рте.
He scratched his name into the desk.
of letters or drawings made with a sharp object
- 3.
to wangle, to extract (from someone), to get (out of someone)
Он вы́царапал у касси́ра ава́нс.
He wangled an advance out of the cashier.
colloquial; у кого? — with great effort
Examples
Он всё-таки выцарапал у начальника отпуск.
He finally managed to wrangle some time off from his boss.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | вы́царапаю |
| ты | - | вы́царапаешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | вы́царапает |
| мы | - | вы́царапаем |
| вы | - | вы́царапаете |
| они́ | - | вы́царапают |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | вы́царапай |
| вы | вы́царапайте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | вы́царапал |
| feminine | вы́царапала |
| neuter | вы́царапало |
| plural | вы́царапали |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having scratched out, having scraped out, having extracted with difficulty, having wrested | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | scratched out, gouged out | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | вы́царапав выцарапавши | while doing (past) |
Word familyцара́патьPRO
- цара́патьto scratch; to scribble
- цара́пнутьto scratch (once); to scrawl
- вы́царапатьto scratch out; to scratch (an inscription); to wangle
- исцара́патьto scratch up
- нацара́патьto scratch
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Lisa edited verb basics 7 years ago.
