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стира́ть

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verbimperfective perfective is постира́ть
  • 1.

    to wash, to launder, to do the laundry

    Я стира́ю бельё ка́ждую суббо́ту.

    I do the laundry every Saturday.

    Of clothes and linen; for washing dishes or hands other verbs are used.

  • 2.

    to wipe off, to wipe away, to wipe

    Она́ стира́ет пыль с по́лки.

    She is wiping the dust off the shelf.

  • 3.

    to erase, to rub out, to efface

    Ка́ждый раз, когда́ вы узнаёте что́-то но́вое, вы формиру́ете но́вые воспомина́ния, зачасту́ю стира́я ста́рые.

    Every time you learn something new, you form new memories and often erase old ones.

  • 4.

    to delete, to erase, to wipecomputing

    Не стира́й э́тот файл!

    Don't delete this file!

    Of files, recordings or a storage medium.

  • 5.

    to chafe, to rub sore, to rub raw

    Но́вые боти́нки стира́ют мне ноги́.

    The new shoes are chafing my feet.

    Typically of shoes rubbing the feet.

  • 6.

    (rareto grind, to pulverize, to grind to powder

    Он стира́ет сухи́е травы́ в порошо́к.

    He grinds the dried herbs to powder.

    Also in the idiom «стирать в порошок» - to crush someone utterly.

Usage info

стирать = to wash laundry / do the laundry
мыть = to wash objects or surfaces (hands, dishes, a car, the floor)

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я
стира́ю
бу́ду стира́ть
ты
стира́ешь
бу́дешь стира́ть
он/она́/оно́
стира́ет
бу́дет стира́ть
мы
стира́ем
бу́дем стира́ть
вы
стира́ете
бу́дете стира́ть
они́
стира́ют
бу́дут стира́ть
Imperative
ты
стира́й
вы
стира́йте
Past
masculine
стира́л
feminine
стира́ла
neuter
стира́ло
plural
стира́ли

Participles

Active present

стира́ющий

erasing, wiping off, obliterating

Active past

стира́вший

washing (laundry), having washed

Passive present

стира́емый

erasable, wipeable

Passive past

сти́ранный

washed

Gerund present

стира́я

while doing (present)
Gerund past

стирав

стиравши

while doing (past)

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Prefix groupPRO

VerbPrefixMeaning
стира́ть-to wash; to wipe off; to erase; to delete; to chafe; to grind
стира́ться-to be erased; to be washed
вы́стиратьвы-to wipe
застира́тьза-to wash off
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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Johan edited verb basics 1 month ago.
  • haunter1781 edited usage info and related words 1 month ago.
  • haunter1781 edited translation 1 month ago.