столкну́ться
- 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
Пассажи́ры спали в свои́х каю́тах, когда кора́бль столкну́лся с огро́мным а́йсбергом.
The passengers were asleep in their cabins when the ship hit a huge iceberg.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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
- столкну́тьсяto collide; to encounter; to bump into (someone)
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