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поглота́ть

rare #51293
verbperfective
  • 1.

    (rareto swallow, to gulp down, to gobble up

    Он бы́стро поглота́л свой за́втрак.

    He quickly gulped down his breakfast.

    Rare colloquial perfective; suggests swallowing in several gulps or swallowing everything up.

  • 2.

    (rareto absorb, to soak up

    Суха́я земля́ бы́стро поглота́ла всю во́ду.

    The dry ground quickly soaked up all the water.

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
поглота́ю
ты-
поглота́ешь
он/она́/оно́-
поглота́ет
мы-
поглота́ем
вы-
поглота́ете
они́-
поглота́ют
Imperative
ты
поглота́й
вы
поглота́йте
Past
masculine
поглота́л
feminine
поглота́ла
neuter
поглота́ло
plural
поглота́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

поглота́вший

having swallowed, having absorbed, having devoured

Passive present

-

Passive past

погло́танный

swallowed, absorbed, engulfed

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

поглотав

поглотавши

while doing (past)

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Lucian edited verb basics 6 years ago.