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заболе́ть

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verbperfective imperfective is заболева́ть
  • 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

Conjugation

PresentFuture
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

заболе́вший

sick, ill, having fallen ill

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

заболе́в

заболевши

while doing (past)

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
  • Iron edited translation 6 days ago.
  • jwhitlaw edited translation and verb basics 6 years ago.
  • jwhitlaw edited verb basics 6 years ago.