нахвата́ть

rare #41951

verbimperfective

1.
to grab (a quantity of), to snatch up, to gather up, to scoop up
Он нахвата́л в магази́не по́лную су́мку продуктов.
He grabbed a whole bag of groceries at the store.
Perfective; colloquial. Implies taking a lot of something at once.
2.
to pick up (superficially), to pick up bits of, to acquire superficially
Он нахвата́л знаний по верхам.
He picked up only a superficial smattering of knowledge.
Figurative, usually disparaging: knowledge gained without system.

Examples

Он нахватал разных знаний по верхам.
He has picked up all sorts of bits of knowledge superficially.
Мы нахватали ягод в лесу за час.
We gathered a lot of berries in the forest in an hour.
Дети нахватали конфет со стола.
The children grabbed candies from the table.

Imperative
ты	нахвата́й
вы	нахвата́йте

Active present	-
Active past	нахвата́вший	having grabbed, having snatched, having gathered up, having accumulated
Passive present	-
Passive past	нахва́танный	superficial, smattered, shallow, haphazardly acquired
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	нахвата́в нахватавши	while doing (past)

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Verb	Prefix	Meaning
нахвата́ть	на-	to grab (a quantity of); to pick up (superficially)
нахвата́ться	на-	to pick up; to grab a lot of

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