затра́вить
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- 1.
to harass, to hound, to badger, to persecute
Однокла́ссники затрави́ли его насме́шками.
His classmates hounded him with their mockery.
Of people: to drive someone to despair by constant attacks or mockery.
- 2.
to hunt down (with hounds), to run down, to bring to bayhunting
Охо́тники затрави́ли во́лка соба́ками.
The hunters ran the wolf down with their dogs.
Examples
Журналисты совсем затравили молодую актрису.
The journalists hounded the young actress mercilessly.
Его затравили в школе одноклассники.
His classmates bullied him at school.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | затравлю́ |
| ты | - | затра́вишь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | затра́вит |
| мы | - | затра́вим |
| вы | - | затра́вите |
| они́ | - | затра́вят |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | затрави́ |
| вы | затрави́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | затрави́л |
| feminine | затрави́ла |
| neuter | затрави́ло |
| plural | затрави́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having hunted down, having hounded, having harassed, having bullied | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | hounded, persecuted, tormented, harassed | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | затрави́в затравивши | while doing (past) |
Word familyтра́вкаPRO
- тра́вкаgrass; weed; paying out (a rope)
- трави́тьto poison; to exterminate; to hound; to hunt with hounds; to etch; to pay out (a rope); to ruin; to use up
- втрави́тьto draw into; to train (a hound) for hunting
- вы́травитьto exterminate; to etch; to drive out
- затра́витьto harass; to hunt down (with hounds)
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Lisa edited stress 6 years ago.
