HomeDictionaryGrammarNEWPracticeSettings
⚠️ Mind the stress!
Other words are spelled the same but stressed differently. Don’t confuse them:

засы́паться

verbreflexiveperfective (partner засыпа́ться)very rarely used (#29469)
  • 1.

    to get caught, to be caught red-handed, to get nabbed, to get into a scrape

    Он засы́пался на кра́же материа́лов.

    He got caught stealing materials.

    Colloquial; often with на + prepositional naming the act one is caught at.

  • 2.

    to fail (an exam), to flunk, to plougheducation

    Он засы́пался по матема́тике.

    He flunked maths.

    Colloquial; usually with по + prepositional naming the subject.

  • 3.

    to be covered (with), to get filled up (with), to be buried (under)

    Доро́га засы́палась сне́гом.

    The road got covered with snow.

    Of snow, sand, earth etc.; the substance stands in the instrumental.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
засы́плюсь
ты-
засы́плешься
он/она́/оно́-
засы́плется
мы-
засы́племся
вы-
засы́плетесь
они́-
засы́плются
Imperative
ты
засы́пься
вы
засы́пьтесь
Past
masculine
засы́пался
feminine
засы́палась
neuter
засы́палось
plural
засы́пались

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

-

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

-

Word familyсы́патьPRO

LockedUnlock full word family

Learn

Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 1 day ago.
  • Lisa edited verb basics 7 years ago.
  • Lisa edited verb basics 7 years ago.
  • Lisa edited verb basics 7 years ago.