тормозну́ть
- 1.
to brake, to hit the brakes, to slow down
Води́тель ре́зко тормозну́л пе́ред светофо́ром.
The driver hit the brakes hard before the traffic light.
Colloquial; one-off perfective of тормозить.
- 2.
to stop, to flag down, to pull over (someone)
На вы́езде из го́рода нас тормозну́ли полице́йские.
The police stopped us on the way out of town.
Colloquial; of police or of hailing a car.
- 3.
to hold up, to hinder, to put the brakes on
Нача́льство тормозну́ло прое́кт на ме́сяц.
Management held the project up for a month.
Colloquial; of a project or process.
- 4.
to be slow on the uptake, to have a brain freeze, to space out
Я тормозну́л и не по́нял вопро́с.
I was slow on the uptake and didn't get the question.
Slang; of a person failing to react or understand quickly.
Examples
Водитель резко тормознул перед светофором.
The driver braked sharply before the traffic light.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | тормозну́ |
| ты | - | тормознёшь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | тормознёт |
| мы | - | тормознём |
| вы | - | тормознёте |
| они́ | - | тормозну́т |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | тормозни́ |
| вы | тормозни́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | тормозну́л |
| feminine | тормозну́ла |
| neuter | тормозну́ло |
| plural | тормозну́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | slow-witted, dull, stupid, dense | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | тормозну́в тормознувши | while doing (past) |
Word familyто́рмозPRO
- то́рмозbrake; hindrance; slowpoke
- тормози́тьto brake; to hinder; to be slow
- тормозну́тьto brake; to stop; to hold up; to be slow on the uptake
- затормози́тьto brake or slow down
- притормози́тьto apply the brake; to pull over; to slow down
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Lisa edited verb basics 7 years ago.
