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закури́ть

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verbperfective imperfective is заку́ривать
  • 1.

    to light up, to light a cigarette, to start smoking (a cigarette)

    Он вы́шел на у́лицу и закури́л.

    He went outside and lit a cigarette.

    Perfective; the usual everyday sense - one particular cigarette.

  • 2.

    to take up smoking, to begin to smoke

    Он закури́л ещё в шко́ле.

    He took up smoking back in school.

    Of starting the habit, often with an age or time expression.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
закурю́
ты-
заку́ришь
он/она́/оно́-
заку́рит
мы-
заку́рим
вы-
заку́рите
они́-
заку́рят

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты
закури́
вы
закури́те
Past
masculine
закури́л
feminine
закури́ла
neuter
закури́ло
plural
закури́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

закури́вший

who has lit a cigarette, who has started smoking, having lit up

Passive present

-

Passive past

заку́ренный

smoky, smoke-filled, smoke-stained

Gerund present

закуря́

while doing (present)
Gerund past

закури́в

закуривши

while doing (past)

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