прома́тывать

rare #46679

verbimperfective perfective is промота́ть

1.
to squander, to fritter away, to blow (money), to waste
Он бы́стро прома́тывал насле́дство отца́.
He was quickly squandering his father's inheritance.
Usually of money, an inheritance or a fortune.
2.
to fast-forward, to skip (part of a video), to scroll past
Я всегда́ прома́тываю рекла́му в нача́ле ви́део.
I always skip the ads at the start of the video.
Colloquial; of video or audio playback.
3.
(rare) to embezzle, to misappropriatelaw
Касси́р годами прома́тывал казённые деньги.
The cashier had been embezzling public money for years.
Of money entrusted to one's care.

Examples

Я обычно проматываю рекламу в начале видео.
I usually skip the ads at the beginning of a video.
Он проматывает все деньги на развлечения.
He spends all his money on entertainment.
Не проматывай наследство за один год!
Don't squander your inheritance in a single year!

Imperative
ты	прома́тывай
вы	прома́тывайте

Active present	прома́тывающий	squandering, wasteful, running through
Active past	прома́тывавший	squandering, wasting, having squandered
Passive present	прома́тываемый	squandered, being squandered, wasted
Passive past	-
Gerund present	прома́тывая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	проматывав проматывавши	while doing (past)