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уцелевать

verbimperfective perfective is уцеле́ть
  • 1.

    to survive, to stay alive, to come through unharmed

    В таки́х ава́риях мало кто уцелева́ет.

    Few people survive accidents like that.

    The imperfective is rare; the perfective «уцелеть» is the usual form.

  • 2.

    to remain intact, to be preserved, to come through undamaged

    При таки́х пожа́рах кни́ги ре́дко уцелева́ют.

    Books rarely remain intact in fires like these.

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я
бу́ду уцелевать
ты
бу́дешь уцелевать
он/она́/оно́
бу́дет уцелевать
мы
бу́дем уцелевать
вы
бу́дете уцелевать
они́
бу́дут уцелевать
Imperative
ты
вы
Past
masculine
feminine
neuter
plural

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

-

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

-

Word familyуцеле́тьPRO

  • уцеле́тьto survive; to remain intact
    verbperfective
  • уцелеватьto survive; to remain intact
    verbimperfective

Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • Sandy edited verb basics 4 years ago.
  • Sandy edited verb basics 4 years ago.