загада́ть

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  • 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.

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 2 months ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • domedap edited translation 7 years ago.