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  • verb пропа́сть
  • noun про́пасть

пропа́сть

fairly common #1309B2
verbperfective imperfective is пропада́ть
  • 1.

    to disappear, to vanish, to slip away

    Он куда́-то пропа́л на весь день.

    He disappeared somewhere for the whole day.

  • 2.

    to be lost, to go missing, to get mislaid

    Куда́ пропа́л каранда́ш?

    Where has the pencil got to?

  • 3.

    to be wasted, to be in vain, to come to nothing

    Вся рабо́та пропа́ла зря.

    All the work was wasted.

  • 4.

    to perish, to be done for, to be finished

    Е́сли он узна́ет, я пропа́л.

    If he finds out, I'm done for.

    Often about a person's fate or survival.

  • 5.

    to go away, to be gone

    У меня́ пропа́л аппети́т.

    I've lost my appetite.

    Of appetite, pain, desire and the like.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
пропаду́
ты-
пропадёшь
он/она́/оно́-
пропадёт
мы-
пропадём
вы-
пропадёте
они́-
пропаду́т
Imperative
ты
пропади́
вы
пропади́те
Past
masculine
пропа́л
feminine
пропа́ла
neuter
пропа́ло
plural
пропа́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

пропа́вший

missing

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

пропадя́

while doing (present)
Gerund past

пропа́в

пропавши

while doing (past)

Fixed expressions

Word familyпастьPRO

  • пастьto fall (in battle); to fall; to fall (down); to sink (morally); to fall to (somebody)
    verbperfective
  • пастьmouth (of an animal); trap
    nounfeminine
  • впастьto fall into; to flow into
    verbperfective
  • упа́стьto fall; to fall
    verbperfective
  • вы́пастьto fall out (of); to fall (of snow or rain); to fall on (a date); to fall to one's lot; to get a chance
    verbperfective
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Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
пропа́стьпро-to disappear; to be lost; to be wasted; to perish; to go away
запропа́стьза-to get lost
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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • _703 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.