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улови́ть

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verbperfective
  • 1.

    to catch, to pick up, to detect, to make out

    Я улови́л за́пах ды́ма.

    I caught the smell of smoke.

    Of something faint or fleeting: a smell, a sound, a glance, a signal.

  • 2.

    to catch on, to grasp, to get

    Я не улови́л смысл его́ слов.

    I didn't grasp the meaning of his words.

    Of meaning, hints, the point of something.

  • 3.

    to seize, to catch

    Он улови́л удо́бный моме́нт и ушёл.

    He seized the right moment and left.

    Typically with момент, случай, возможность.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
уловлю́
ты-
уло́вишь
он/она́/оно́-
уло́вит
мы-
уло́вим
вы-
уло́вите
они́-
уло́вят

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты
улови́
вы
улови́те
Past
masculine
улови́л
feminine
улови́ла
neuter
улови́ло
plural
улови́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

улови́вший

having caught, having grasped, having perceived, having detected

Passive present

-

Passive past

уло́вленный

caught, trapped, captured

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

улови́в

уловивши

while doing (past)

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  • Iron edited translation 4 days ago.
  • Iron edited translation 4 days ago.
  • Lisa edited related words 1 year ago.
  • RandysPudge edited translation 1 year ago.