налета́ть

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verbperfective & imperfectivecolloquial

1.
to attack from the air, to raid, to swoop down onmilitary
Вра́жеские самолёты налета́ли на го́род по ноча́м.
Enemy planes raided the city at night.
Imperfective, with на + accusative; perfective налететь.
2.
to swoop in on, to pounce on, to rush at
Го́луби налета́ют на кро́шки хле́ба.
The pigeons swoop in on the bread crumbs.
Colloquial; imperfective, with на + accusative.
3.
to dig in, to help yourself, to come and get it
Налета́й, пока́ горячее!
Dig in while it's hot!
Only in the imperative налетай(те)!, colloquial.
4.
to fly (a given time or distance), to clock up (flying hours)aviation
Пило́т налета́л бо́льше ты́сячи часов.
The pilot has clocked up more than a thousand flying hours.
Perfective, homograph of the verb above; used of pilots and air time.

Motion info

налета́ть is derived from the multidirectional verb of motion лета́ть.

if you use it in a perfective case => compound perfective

Птицы налетали на поле и склевали все зерно.
The birds swooped down onto the field and pecked up all the grain.
За этот год пилот налетал двести часов.
Over the course of that year, the pilot logged two hundred flight hours.
Ребята налетали на пирог и съели его мгновенно.
The guys dug into the pie and ate it in an instant.

Imperative
ты	налета́й
вы	налета́йте

Active present	налета́ющий	blowing, sweeping, oncoming, rushing
Active past	налета́вший	experienced (pilot), seasoned (pilot), well-flown (aircraft)
Passive present	-
Passive past	налётанный	experienced (pilot), having many flight hours
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	налета́в налетавши	while doing (past)

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(Derived from лета́ть.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
налета́ть	на-	to attack from the air; to swoop in on; to dig in; to fly (a given time or distance)
налета́ться	на-	to fly to one's heart's content

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