зажа́ться
rare #41437
- 1.
to get jammed, to become clamped, to get pinched, to be squeezed tight
Провод зажа́лся в две́ри.
The cable got pinched in the door.
Of an object or body part caught between two surfaces.
- 2.
to tense up, to clench up, to become inhibited, to withdraw into oneself
На сце́не он зажа́лся и забы́л сло́ва.
On stage he tensed up and forgot his lines.
Figurative: of muscles or of a person's manner.
Examples
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | зажму́сь |
| ты | - | зажмёшься |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | зажмётся |
| мы | - | зажмёмся |
| вы | - | зажмётесь |
| они́ | - | зажму́тся |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | зажми́сь |
| вы | зажми́тесь |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | зажа́лся |
| feminine | зажа́лась |
| neuter | зажа́лось |
| plural | зажа́лись |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | cramped, clenched, stuck, jammed | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | зажа́вшись | while doing (past) |
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Iron edited translation 3 weeks ago.
marinaD edited translation 4 years ago.
Lucian edited verb basics 6 years ago.
