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загада́ть

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verbperfective imperfective is зага́дывать
  • 1.

    to make a wish

    Загада́й жела́ние и заду́й свечи́.

    Make a wish and blow out the candles.

    Typically загадать желание.

  • 2.

    to pose (a riddle), to set (a riddle), to think of (a number or word)

    Он загада́л нам сло́жную зага́дку.

    He set us a difficult riddle.

    Of a riddle, number or word the other person must guess.

  • 3.

    to plan ahead, to think ahead

    Тру́дно загада́ть на год вперёд.

    It is hard to plan a year ahead.

    Usually with вперёд or наперёд.

  • 4.

    (rareto seek an answer (in the cards), to tell one's fortune

    Она́ загада́ла на ка́ртах, вернётся ли он.

    She read the cards to find out whether he would come back.

    With на: загадать на картах.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
загада́ю
ты-
загада́ешь
он/она́/оно́-
загада́ет
мы-
загада́ем
вы-
загада́ете
они́-
загада́ют
Imperative
ты
загада́й
вы
загада́йте
Past
masculine
загада́л
feminine
загада́ла
neuter
загада́ло
plural
загада́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

загада́вший

having made a wish, who has made a wish, having posed a riddle

Passive present

-

Passive past

зага́данный

wished-for, intended, conceived

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

загада́в

загадавши

while doing (past)

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
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