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засту́кать

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verbperfective imperfective is сту́кать
  • 1.

    to catch (in the act), to catch red-handed, to nab

    Его́ засту́кали, когда́ он брал взя́тку.

    He was caught taking a bribe.

    colloquial; кого? (accusative)

  • 2.

    to begin to knock, to begin to clatter, to start tapping

    За окно́м засту́кали ка́пли дождя́.

    Raindrops began to patter against the window.

    of a noise or a mechanism

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
засту́каю
ты-
засту́каешь
он/она́/оно́-
засту́кает
мы-
засту́каем
вы-
засту́каете
они́-
засту́кают
Imperative
ты
засту́кай
вы
засту́кайте
Past
masculine
засту́кал
feminine
засту́кала
neuter
засту́кало
plural
засту́кали

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

засту́кавший

having caught, who caught, having surprised, who surprised

Passive present

-

Passive past

засту́канный

caught red-handed, busted, caught in the act

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

засту́кав

застукавши

while doing (past)

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