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  • verb стать
  • noun стать

стать

verb, perfective

Daily used word (top 100)

Translation

  • 1.

    to stand

    Example: Ста́ньте в о́чередь, молодо́й челове́к! Вы не до́лго в о́череди же бу́дете стоя́ть, потерпи́те - Stand in the queue, young man! You won't be standing in the queue for long, have some patience.
  • 2.

    to become

    + instrumental

  • 3.

    to begin to, be

    with imperfect infinitive

    Example: Она стала читать - She started to read
  • 4.

    to become, get, grow

    with instrumental, or impersonal with dative

    Example: Он стал учителем; всем стало скучно. - He became a teacher; everyone was bored.
  • 5.

    to take to

    with imperfect infinitive

    Example: Он стал пить - He took to drinking

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-ста́ну
ты-ста́нешь
он/она́/оно́-ста́нет
мы-ста́нем
вы-ста́нете
они́-ста́нут
Imperative
тыста́нь
выста́ньте
Past
masculineста́л
feminineста́ла
neuterста́ло
pluralста́ли

Participles

Active present
Active past

ста́вший

having become

Passive present
Passive past
Gerund present
Gerund past

ста́в

ставши

while doing (past)

Related words

Contributions

  • editkurali edited translation 5 months ago.
  • ozymanbey edited translation 11 months ago.
  • ozymanbey edited translation 11 months ago.
  • ghen edited translation 1 year ago.

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