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сре́заться

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verbreflexiveperfective imperfective is среза́ться
  • 1.

    to fail (an exam), to flunk, to be failededucation

    Он сре́зался на экза́мене по физике.

    He failed the physics exam.

    Colloquial; usually with на + prepositional case naming the exam or subject.

  • 2.

    to mess up, to blunder, to slip up, to blow it

    В са́мый ва́жный моме́нт он сре́зался.

    At the most important moment he blew it.

    Colloquial.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
сре́жусь
ты-
сре́жешься
он/она́/оно́-
сре́жется
мы-
сре́жемся
вы-
сре́жетесь
они́-
сре́жутся
Imperative
ты
сре́жься
вы
сре́жьтесь
Past
masculine
сре́зался
feminine
сре́залась
neuter
сре́залось
plural
сре́зались

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

-

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

-

Word familyсрезPRO

  • срезcut surface; cutting off; section; cross-section
    nounmasculine
  • сре́зкаcut; cutting
    nounfeminine
  • среза́тьto cut off; to take a shortcut
    verbimperfective
  • сре́затьto cut off; to take a shortcut
    verbperfective
  • сре́затьсяto fail (an exam); to mess up
    verbperfective
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  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • Lucian edited verb basics 6 years ago.
  • Lucian edited verb basics 6 years ago.
  • Lucian edited verb basics 6 years ago.