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отшлифо́вывать

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verbimperfective perfective is отшлифова́ть
  • 1.

    to polish, to grind, to sand, to burnish

    Он до́лго отшлифо́вывал деревя́нную пове́рхность.

    He was polishing the wooden surface for a long time.

    Imperfective; perfective отшлифовать.

  • 2.

    to refine, to perfect, to polish up

    А́втор годами отшлифо́вывал ка́ждую фра́зу.

    The author spent years polishing every sentence.

    Figurative, of wording, style or technique.

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я
бу́ду отшлифо́вывать
ты
бу́дешь отшлифо́вывать
он/она́/оно́
бу́дет отшлифо́вывать
мы
бу́дем отшлифо́вывать
вы
бу́дете отшлифо́вывать
они́
бу́дут отшлифо́вывать
Imperative
ты
вы
Past
masculine
feminine
neuter
plural

Participles

Active present

отшлифо́вывающий

polishing, grinding, refining, finishing

Active past

отшлифо́вывавший

polishing (past, imperfective), that was polishing, having polished

Passive present

отшлифовываемый

being polished, being ground, being smoothed

Passive past

-

Gerund present

отшлифо́вывая

while doing (present)
Gerund past

отшлифовывав

отшлифовывавши

while doing (past)

Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Lucian edited verb basics, imperative forms, past forms and conjugation 6 years ago.
  • Lucian edited word type and stress 6 years ago.