заслужи́ть

fairly common #3107C1

verbperfective imperfective is заслу́живать

1.
to deserve, to earn, to merit, to be worthy of
Он заслужи́л дове́рие колле́г.
He earned the trust of his colleagues.
Perfective; the object is usually something granted in return (respect, trust, praise, punishment). The imperfective заслуживать is often used with the genitive in the sense 'to be worthy of'.

Examples

Ду́маю, я э́то заслужи́ла.
I guess I deserved that.
Вы заслужи́ли э́то.
You deserved it.
Я уве́рен, что ты э́то заслужи́ла.
I'm sure you deserved it.
Он э́то заслужи́л.
He deserved it.
Ты э́того не заслужи́л.
You didn't deserve that.
Ты заслужи́ла о́тдых.
You've earned a rest.
Он заслужи́л быть повешенным.
He deserved to be hanged.
Девчонки, вы бы́ли супер. Вы действительно заслужи́ли э́ту побе́ду.
Girls, you did terrifically. You've truly earned this victory.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	заслужи́
вы	заслужи́те

Active present	-
Active past	заслужи́вший	deserving, having earned, having merited
Passive present	-
Passive past	заслу́женный	deserved
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	заслужи́в заслуживши	while doing (past)