пробива́ться

verbreflexiveimperfective (partner проби́ться)uncommon

1.
to push through, to fight one's way through, to break through
Он с трудо́м пробива́лся сквозь толпу́.
He was pushing through the crowd with difficulty.
Usually with сквозь or через + accusative.
2.
to penetrate, to come through, to seep through
Свет пробива́лся сквозь занаве́ски.
Light was coming through the curtains.
3.
to sprout, to come up, to push up
Сквозь асфа́льт пробива́лась трава́.
Grass was pushing up through the asphalt.
4.
to make one's way, to get ahead, to struggle through
Ему пришлось самому пробива́ться в жи́зни.
He had to make his own way in life.
Figurative; often with в жизни or в люди.
5.
(rare) to be punctured, to be piercedmilitary
Броня легко́ пробива́ется таки́м снаря́дом.
Armour is easily pierced by such a shell.
Passive of пробивать; mostly of tyres, walls, armour.

Examples

Через приоткрывшуюся дверь пробивался свет.
Light shone through the door that had been left slightly open.
Через окно́ пробива́ются пе́рвые лучи́ со́лнца.
The first rays of sunlight are streaming through the window.
Проницающий свет фонаря пробивался сквозь туман.
The penetrating light of the flashlight broke through the fog.
Том в одино́чку пробива́лся через джунгли.
Tom made his way through the jungle alone.
Через щёлку в двери пробивался свет.
Light came through the crack in the door.
Через щёлочку пробивался тонкий луч света
A thin ray of light was filtering through the crack.
Том пробива́лся сквозь толпу́.
Tom fought his way through the crowd.
В узкий просвет между домами пробивалось солнце.
Sunlight streamed through the narrow gap between the buildings.
Свет пробивался исподнизу, освещая пол.
Light was filtering in from underneath, illuminating the floor.

Imperative
ты	пробива́йся
вы	пробива́йтесь

Active present	пробива́ющийся	breaking through, emerging, making one's way
Active past	пробива́вшийся	breaking through, making its way through, emerging
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	пробива́ясь	while doing (present)
Gerund past	пробивавшись	while doing (past)

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(Derived from бива́ть.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
пробива́ть	про-	to pierce; to break through; to strike (of a clock)
пробива́ться	-	to push through; to penetrate; to sprout; to make one's way; to be punctured

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