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свали́ть

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verbperfective imperfective is вали́ть
  • 1.

    to fell, to knock down, to bring down, to throw down

    Пре́жде чем свали́ть де́рево, крича́ли: «Берегись!»

    Before felling the tree, they shouted: "Look out!"

  • 2.

    to dump, to tip out, to pile up

    Рабо́чие свали́ли му́сор в я́му.

    The workers dumped the rubbish into the pit.

  • 3.

    to blame (someone else), to shift (blame), to pin (on someone)

    Он свали́л всю вину́ на меня́.

    He put all the blame on me.

    Usually with вину or ответственность.

  • 4.

    to clear off, to get out, to split

    Дава́й сва́лим с рабо́ты пора́ньше.

    Let's clear off work a bit early.

    Colloquial/slang.

  • 5.

    to overthrow, to topple, to overcomepolitics

    Оппози́ция пыта́лась свали́ть прави́тельство.

    The opposition tried to topple the government.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
свалю́
ты-
сва́лишь
он/она́/оно́-
сва́лит
мы-
сва́лим
вы-
сва́лите
они́-
сва́лят

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты
свали́
вы
свали́те
Past
masculine
свали́л
feminine
свали́ла
neuter
свали́ло
plural
свали́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

свали́вший

having thrown down, having knocked down, having dropped, having dumped

Passive present

-

Passive past

сва́ленный

piled up, dumped, thrown down

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

свали́в

сваливши

while doing (past)

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Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
свали́ть-to fell; to dump; to blame (someone else); to clear off; to overthrow
свали́ться-to fall down; to fall ill; to fall to (someone); to turn up out of the blue; to gather in a pack
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Related words

See also

  • вали́тьto knock down; to fell (trees); to dump; to shift (blame) onto; to get out; to stream 

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation and usage info 2 years ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.