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провёртывать

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verbperfective
  • 1.

    to bore, to drill through, to perforate, to pierce

    Он провёртывал отве́рстия в доске́.

    He was boring holes in the board.

    Imperfective of «провернуть»; the perfective is far more common.

  • 2.

    to turn, to rotate, to crank

    Он ме́дленно провёртывал ключ в замке.

    He was slowly turning the key in the lock.

  • 3.

    to mince, to grind, to put through a grindercooking

    Ма́ма провёртывает мя́со че́рез мясору́бку.

    Mum is putting the meat through the mincer.

    Typically of meat through a mincer.

  • 4.

    to carry through, to pull off, to rush through

    Он уме́ет провёртывать таки́е дела о́чень бы́стро.

    He knows how to pull off such things very quickly.

    Colloquial, of deals and arrangements.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
провёртываю
ты-
провёртываешь
он/она́/оно́-
провёртывает
мы-
провёртываем
вы-
провёртываете
они́-
провёртывают
Imperative
ты
провёртывай
вы
провёртывайте
Past
masculine
провёртывал
feminine
провёртывала
neuter
провёртывало
plural
провёртывали

Participles

Active present

провёртывающий

grinding, mincing, putting through a mincer

Active past

провёртывавший

who had carried out, who had executed, who had pulled off

Passive present

провёртываемый

turnable, rotatable

Passive past

-

Gerund present

провёртывая

while doing (present)
Gerund past

провёртывав

провёртывавши

while doing (past)

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Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
вывёртыватьвы-to unscrew; to twist (an arm); to turn inside out; to dart out
завёртыватьза-to wrap; to screw tight; to turn; to drop in; to roll up
навёртыватьна-to screw on; to wind (around)
обвёртыватьоб-to wrap up
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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 4 days ago.
  • Lisa edited past forms 2 years ago.
  • Lisa edited imperative forms and conjugation 2 years ago.
  • Lucian edited verb basics, imperative forms, past forms and conjugation 6 years ago.