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попутка

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nounfeminineinanimatecountable

1.
lift, ride, passing car going the same way
Мы пойма́ли попу́тку до го́рода.
We caught a ride into town.
Colloquial. Denotes both the chance ride and the vehicle that happens to be going your way; typically with поймать/ехать на попутке.

Examples

Он поймал попутку на трассе.
He hitched a ride on the highway.
Фадиль и Лейла пойма́ли попутку до моте́ля.
Fadil and Layla hitched a ride to the motel.
Мы доехали до города на попутке.
We got to the city by hitching a ride.

Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	попу́тка	попу́тки
Gen.Genitive	попу́тки	попу́ток
Dat.Dative	попу́тке	попу́ткам
Acc.Accusative	попу́тку	попу́тки
Inst.Instrumental	попу́ткой попу́ткою	попу́тками
Prep.Prepositional	попу́тке	попу́тках

Word familyпопуткаPRO

попуткаlift
nounfeminine
попу́тноin passing; along the way
adverb
попу́тныйfollowing (wind); going the same way; passing
adjective
попу́тчикhitchhiker
nounmasculine

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See also

путеше́ственникtraveller

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Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
Sandy edited declension 6 years ago.
Sandy edited noun basics 6 years ago.

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car going lift passing ride same the way