заложи́ть
- 1.
to pawn, to mortgage, to put up as securityfinance
Он заложи́л дом, что́бы получи́ть кредит.
He mortgaged the house to get a loan.
With an object: заложить что? (a watch, a house).
- 2.
to lay (a foundation), to found, to establish, to lay out (a garden)
Здесь заложи́ли фунда́мент нового дома.
They laid the foundation of a new house here.
- 3.
to put, to tuck, to stick (into), to place
Он заложи́л руки́ за спи́ну.
He put his hands behind his back.
- 4.
to rat out, to betray, to inform on, to grass up
Он нас всех заложи́л.
He ratted us all out.
colloquial
- 5.
to plant (a bomb), to lay (a mine)
Террори́сты заложи́ли бо́мбу в маши́не.
The terrorists planted a bomb in the car.
- 6.
to mislay, to misplace
Я куда́-то заложи́л очки.
I've mislaid my glasses somewhere.
colloquial
- 7.
(rare) to deposit, to leave as security
На вхо́де пришлось заложи́ть па́спорт.
At the entrance we had to leave our passport as security.
e.g. an ID card
Examples
Динамитчик заложил заряд возле старой шахты.
The dynamiter planted a charge near the old mine.
Подрывщики заложили заряды под старым мостом.
The demolitions experts planted charges under the old bridge.
Изобрете́ние транзи́стора заложи́ло но́вую э́ру.
The invention of the transistor introduced a new era.
Подрывник заложил взрывчатку под старый мост.
The demolition expert planted explosives under the old bridge.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | заложу́ |
| ты | - | зало́жишь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | зало́жит |
| мы | - | зало́жим |
| вы | - | зало́жите |
| они́ | - | зало́жат |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | заложи́ |
| вы | заложи́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | заложи́л |
| feminine | заложи́ла |
| neuter | заложи́ло |
| plural | заложи́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | who founded, who laid (a foundation), having founded | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | blocked, stuffy, stuffed up | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | заложи́в заложивши | while doing (past) |
Word familyвложи́тьPRO
- отложнойturndown
- заложе́ниеlocation
- изложе́ниеstatement; written retelling
- изло́жницаmould
- отложе́ниеdeposit
Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| вложи́ть | в- | to put in; to invest |
| возложи́ть | воз- | to lay; to entrust; to lay (blame) |
| вы́ложить | вы- | to post (online); to lay out; to take out (and put down); to line (with); to shell out |
| доложи́ть | до- | to report; to add more |
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