Info: Everyone can edit and improve this dictionary. You are editing this word now. Don't worry, all changes will be checked by admins later. Thank you for contributing! For feedback, bugs etc please write us to michel@openrussian.org

Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. 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).

похи́тить

verb, perfective
Partner похища́ть
rarely used word

Verb basics

Aspect: (unknown) Perfective Imperfective Both aspects

Aspect partner(s):

If there are several aspect partners, separate by comma. If there is no partner, just enter a dash ("-").

Translation

Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text

1.

steal

Also: kidnap, abduct, hijack

Translation:

Example:

Info:
2.

Translation:

Example:

Info:

Usage Info

Enter free text here about how to use this word, when to use it or whatever should be known by learners.

Examples

Please add/edit sentences at tatoeba.org, we update regularly from there :-)

Они похи́тили меня, накача́ли нарко́тиками и затем промы́ли мне мозги́. They kidnapped me, drugged me, and then brainwashed me.
Согласно мифоло́гии, Прометей похи́тил свяще́нный ого́нь у бого́в. According to mythology, Prometheus stole the sacred fire from the gods.
Тома похи́тили. Tom has been kidnapped.
Ты похи́тил Тома? Did you kidnap Tom?
Мне присни́лось, что меня похи́тили инопланетя́не. I dreamed I had been abducted by aliens.
Инве́стор похи́тил капита́л своего́ клие́нта. The investor stole the capital of his client.
Меня похи́тили. I've been kidnapped.
Ты знал, что Тома похи́тили, когда ему бы́ло три? Did you know that Tom was kidnapped when he was three?
Тома только что похи́тили. Tom has just been kidnapped.
Мэри похи́тили прише́льцы. Mary got abducted by aliens.