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спе́ться

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verbreflexiveperfective imperfective is пе́ться
  • 1.

    to hit it off, to get along well, to become a team

    Они́ бы́стро спе́лись и тепе́рь всё де́лают вме́сте.

    They quickly hit it off and now do everything together.

    Colloquial; often with a disapproving tint when it means people have ganged up or conspired.

  • 2.

    to sing well together, to learn to sing in harmonymusic

    Но́вые музыка́нты бы́стро спе́лись, и их игра́ звуча́ла о́чень слаженно.

    The new musicians quickly learned to play in harmony and their playing sounded very tight.

  • 3.

    (rareto become drinking buddies, to bond over drinks

    Он бы́стро спе́лся со ста́рыми друзья́ми в ба́ре.

    He quickly became drinking buddies with his old friends at the bar.

    Colloquial and marginal; the drinking nuance comes from the context rather than from the verb itself.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
спою́сь
ты-
споёшься
он/она́/оно́-
споётся
мы-
споёмся
вы-
споётесь
они́-
спою́тся
Imperative
ты
спо́йся
вы
спо́йтесь
Past
masculine
спе́лся
feminine
спе́лась
neuter
спе́лось
plural
спе́лись

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

спе́вшийся

close-knit, well-coordinated, well-matched

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

спе́вшись

while doing (past)

Word familyспетьPRO

  • спетьto sing; to crow (of a rooster); to ripen
    verbperfective
  • успе́тьto have time (to do sth); to be in time (for); to succeed
    verbperfective
  • verbperfective
  • поспе́тьto ripen; to keep up (with someone)
    verbperfective
  • спе́тьсяto hit it off; to sing well together; to become drinking buddies
    verbperfective
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Related words

See also

  • петьto sing; to sing (of birds); to intone 

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.