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столкну́ться

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verbreflexiveperfective imperfective is ста́лкиваться
  • 1.

    to collide, to crash into each other

    Два автомоби́ля столкну́лись лоб в лоб на Садо́вой у́лице.

    Two cars collided head-on on Sadovaya Street.

    Used of vehicles, ships, objects; often with с + instrumental.

  • 2.

    to encounter, to face, to run into, to come up against

    Я столкну́лся с серьёзными тру́дностями.

    I ran into serious difficulties.

    With с + instrumental: problems, difficulties, resistance.

  • 3.

    to bump into (someone), to run into (someone), to come across (someone)

    Я случа́йно столкну́лся с ним в метро́.

    I bumped into him by chance in the metro.

    With с + instrumental, of an unexpected meeting.

Usage info

с + ins.

столкну́ться лоб в лоб is the most common standard phrase in Russian for "to collide head-on"

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
столкну́сь
ты-
столкнёшься
он/она́/оно́-
столкнётся
мы-
столкнёмся
вы-
столкнётесь
они́-
столкну́тся
Imperative
ты
столкни́сь
вы
столкни́тесь
Past
masculine
столкну́лся
feminine
столкну́лась
neuter
столкну́лось
plural
столкну́лись

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

столкну́вшийся

collided, having collided, having run into

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

столкну́вшись

while doing (past)

Word familyстолкну́тьPRO

  • столкну́тьto push off; to push together; to set at odds
    verbperfective
  • столкну́тьсяto collide; to encounter; to bump into (someone)
    verbperfective

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
  • Wade edited usage info 2 months ago.
  • Wade edited translation and usage info 2 months ago.
  • Wade edited translation 2 months ago.