заболе́ть
- 1.
to fall ill, to get sick, to come down with (an illness)
Он заболе́л гри́ппом и оста́лся дома.
He came down with the flu and stayed home.
With the illness in the instrumental: заболеть гриппом.
- 2.
to start to hurt, to start aching
У меня́ внеза́пно заболе́ла голова́.
My head suddenly started to hurt.
Only in the third person, of a body part; 3sg заболит.
- 3.
to become obsessed with, to catch the bug for
Он заболе́л футбо́лом ещё в де́тстве.
He caught the football bug as a child.
Colloquial; with the instrumental.
Examples
Кто позабо́тится о тебе, если заболе́ешь?
Who will look after you if you get sick?
Он заболе́л вследствие переутомле́ния.
As a consequence of overwork, he became ill.
Ты плохо вы́глядишь. Ты заболе́л?
You don't look very well, are you sick?
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | заболе́ю |
| ты | - | заболе́ешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | заболе́ет |
| мы | - | заболе́ем |
| вы | - | заболе́ете |
| они́ | - | заболе́ют |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | заболе́й |
| вы | заболе́йте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | заболе́л |
| feminine | заболе́ла |
| neuter | заболе́ло |
| plural | заболе́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | sick, ill, having fallen ill | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | заболе́в заболевши | while doing (past) |
Word familyболе́тьPRO
- боле́тьto be ill; to hurt; to cheer on
- вы́болетьto be worn out with suffering
- заболе́тьto fall ill; to start to hurt; to become obsessed with
- наболе́тьto build up (of pent-up feelings); to become sore
- приболе́тьto fall ill
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Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
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jwhitlaw edited translation and verb basics 6 years ago.
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