затопи́ть
- 1.
to flood, to inundate, to submerge
Водо́й затопи́ло бе́рега.
The water flooded the banks.
Perfective; imperfective затоплять.
- 2.
to light (a stove), to fire up (a stove), to start heating
Ба́бушка затопи́ла пе́чку.
Grandma lit the stove.
Perfective; imperfective затапливать.
Usage info
Both imperfective verbs затопля́ть and зата́пливать share the same perfective verb затопи́ть.
Examples
Участившиеся дожди затопили дорогу возле деревни.
The increasingly frequent rains flooded the road near the village.
Без водоотлива тоннель быстро затопило бы.
Without pumping out the water, the tunnel would quickly have flooded.
Река, полнившаяся весной, затопила соседние поля.
The river, swollen in spring, flooded the neighboring fields.
Река, перелившаяся через берега, затопила деревню.
The river that had overflowed its banks flooded the village.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | затоплю́ |
| ты | - | зато́пишь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | зато́пит |
| мы | - | зато́пим |
| вы | - | зато́пите |
| они́ | - | зато́пят |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | затопи́ |
| вы | затопи́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | затопи́л |
| feminine | затопи́ла |
| neuter | затопи́ло |
| plural | затопи́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having flooded, that has flooded, having inundated | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | flooded, submerged | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | затопи́в затопивши | while doing (past) |
Word familyтопи́тьPRO
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Iron edited translation 1 month ago.
Wade edited usage info and verb basics 2 months ago.
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