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пове́сить

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verbperfective imperfective is ве́шать
  • 1.

    to hang, to hang up, to put up

    Она́ пове́сила бельё на балко́не.

    She hung the laundry out on the balcony.

    что? куда? - object + place

  • 2.

    to hang up, to put down the receiver

    Он ничего не отве́тил и пове́сил тру́бку.

    He said nothing and hung up.

    usually with трубку

  • 3.

    to hang (a person)

    Уби́йцу пове́сили на пло́щади.

    The murderer was hanged on the square.

    кого? - person

Usage info

This verb is about the physical process of hanging something up like a coat or a picture.
It is not to be confused with висеть - повисеть which is about something that is already hanging/dangling.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
пове́шу
ты-
пове́сишь
он/она́/оно́-
пове́сит
мы-
пове́сим
вы-
пове́сите
они́-
пове́сят
Imperative
ты
пове́сь
вы
пове́сьте
Past
masculine
пове́сил
feminine
пове́сила
neuter
пове́сило
plural
пове́сили

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

пове́сивший

who hung, having hung, that hung

Passive present

-

Passive past

пове́шенный

hanged

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

пове́сив

повесивши

while doing (past)

Word familyве́ситьPRO

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Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
пове́ситьпо-to hang; to hang up; to hang (a person)
пове́ситьсяпо-to hang oneself
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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • hg edited translation 1 year ago.
  • windsorpark edited usage info 4 years ago.