отмахну́ть
- 1.
to wave away, to shoo away, to brush off (an insect)
Он отмахну́л муху от лица.
He waved a fly away from his face.
Perfective; of a single sweeping movement of the hand.
- 2.
(rare) to cover (a distance), to do (so many kilometres)
За день мы отмахну́ли сто километров.
We covered a hundred kilometres in a day.
Colloquial: of covering a long stretch in one go.
- 3.
(rare) to knock off (quickly), to get done in no time
Он отмахну́л всю работу за час.
He knocked off all the work in an hour.
Colloquial: of finishing a task fast.
Examples
Он отмахнул от лица надоедливую муху.
He waved the annoying fly away from his face.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | отмахну́ |
| ты | - | отмахнёшь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | отмахнёт |
| мы | - | отмахнём |
| вы | - | отмахнёте |
| они́ | - | отмахну́т |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | отмахни́ |
| вы | отмахни́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | отмахну́л |
| feminine | отмахну́ла |
| neuter | отмахну́ло |
| plural | отмахну́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having brushed off, having waved away, having dismissed, having shrugged off | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | waved away, brushed off, fended off | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | отмахну́в отмахнувши | while doing (past) |
Word familyмахну́тьPRO
- махну́тьto wave; to swing; to give up on; to dash off; to leap; to knock back (a drink); to swap
- взмахну́тьto wave
- махнутьсяto swap
- обмахну́тьto fan
- подмахну́тьto sign hastily; to give a quick sweep
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Prefix groupPRO
(Derived from махну́ть.)
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| отмахну́ть | от- | to wave away; to cover (a distance); to knock off (quickly) |
| отмахну́ться | от- | to brush aside; to wave away |
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