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лезть

verbunidirectional motion (partner ла́зить)imperfective (partner поле́зть)somewhat often used (#1408)B2
  • 1.

    to climb, to climb up

    Мальчик ле́зет на дерево.

    The boy is climbing up the tree.

    на что? по чему?

  • 2.

    to crawl (into), to scramble (into), to get into

    Кот ле́зет под кровать.

    The cat is crawling under the bed.

    во что? под что?

  • 3.

    to meddle, to butt in, to pry

    Не ле́зь в мои дела!

    Don't pry into my business!

    во что?

  • 4.

    to fall out (of hair), to come out

    У неё си́льно ле́зут волосы.

    Her hair is falling out badly.

  • 5.

    to bother, to annoy, to pester

    Заткнись и не ле́зь ко мне!

    Shut up and stop bothering me!

    лезть к кому-то; colloquial

Motion info

лезть/ла́зить is a verb of motion pair:

 · лезть is unidirectional → go right now or in a specific single trip.

 · ла́зить is multidirectional → habitual movement, repeated trips, or there-and-back movement.

лезть/ла́зить are both imperfective and thus focus on the process. Use the perfective aspect partner instead if you want to describe a completed action.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я
ле́зу
бу́ду лезть
ты
ле́зешь
бу́дешь лезть
он/она́/оно́
ле́зет
бу́дет лезть
мы
ле́зем
бу́дем лезть
вы
ле́зете
бу́дете лезть
они́
ле́зут
бу́дут лезть
Imperative
ты
ле́зь
вы
ле́зьте
Past
masculine
ле́з
feminine
ле́зла
neuter
ле́зло
plural
ле́зли

Participles

Active present

ле́зущий

climbing, crawling, getting into

Active past

ле́зший

climbing, crawling, getting into

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

ле́зя

while doing (present)
Gerund past

лезши

while doing (past)

Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
лезть-to climb; to crawl (into); to meddle; to fall out (of hair); to bother
влезтьв-to climb in; to climb up; to fit (into)
вы́лезтьвы-climb out; fall out (of hair); blurt out
зале́зтьза-to climb up; to get into; to hide (crawling in); to break into
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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 13 hours ago.
  • Iron edited translation 14 hours ago.
  • cooscoe edited usage info 1 year ago.
  • Dagos edited translation 1 year ago.