пла́кать

verb, imperfective
Partner заплакать, поплакать
often used word (#936)

Translation

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1.

weep, cry, mourn
weep

Also: cry, mourn

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A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest

Usage info

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Examples

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Хочется пла́кать. I want to cry.
Переста́ньте пла́кать! Stop crying.
Он пыта́лся её уте́шить, но она всё пла́кала. He tried to comfort her, but she kept crying.
Ребёнок пла́кал, хоте́л молока́. The baby cried for milk.
Том спроси́л Мэри, почему она пла́чет. Tom asked Mary why she was crying.
Нет нужды пла́кать как ребёнок. There's no need to cry like a baby.
Том пла́кал. Tom cried.
Оказавшись одна, маленькая де́вочка ста́ла пла́кать. Left alone, the little girl began to cry.
Моя́ сестра́ часто пла́чет. My sister often cries.
Том пла́чет. Tom's crying.

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Imperative

Singular	пла́чь
Plural	пла́чьте

Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

Past

male	пла́кал
female	пла́кала
neuter	пла́кало
plural	пла́кали

Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

Present / Future

	Present	Future
я	пла́чу	бу́ду пла́кать
ты	пла́чешь	бу́дешь пла́кать
он/она́/оно́	пла́чет	бу́дет пла́кать
мы	пла́чем	бу́дем пла́кать
вы	пла́чете	бу́дете пла́кать
они́	пла́чут	бу́дут пла́кать

Related words

плач
weeping, crying
распла́каться
burst into tears
плакси́вый
whining
опла́кивать
mourn, bemoan, deplore
пла́каться
complain, lament
пропла́кать
cry, weep
вы́плакать
sob out, obtain by weeping
вы́плакаться
have a good cry
пла́кальщица
weeper, mourner
пла́кса
cry-baby, sniveller
плаку́чий
weeping
опла́кать
mourn, bemoan, deplore
выпла́кивать

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