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умере́ть

verb, perfective
Partner умира́ть
often used word (#558)

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die

Also: pass away, depart, be dead

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У меня от э́той хуйни брат у́мер. My brother died of that shit.
Три года, как он у́мер. He has been dead for three years.
Он у́мер для того́, чтобы мы могли́ жить. He died, so we might live.
Лу́чше бы я у́мер. I wish myself dead.
- Достоевский у́мер. - Протесту́ю! Достоевский бессме́ртен! Dostoyevsky is dead. "I object! Dostoyevsky's immortal!"
Э́тот челове́к у́мер всего не́сколько часо́в назад. The man died a few hours ago.
Мой оте́ц у́мер от ра́ка. My father died of cancer.
Мой дед у́мер в той же ко́мнате, в кото́рой роди́лся. My grandfather died in the same room in which he was born.
Ребёнок, родители кото́рого у́мерли, называ́ется сирото́й. A child whose parents are dead is called an orphan.
Они боя́лись, что мо́гут умере́ть. They fear that he may be dead.