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"To crawl" in Russian

Russian word of the day | Oct 25, 2019 (see all)
по́лзать
[ pól-zat' ]
Verb , imperfective
Often used with the Prepositional
to crawl
Simple movements Verbs of motion

Examples of "To crawl" in Russian

  • Рождённый по́лзать лета́ть не мо́жет. (Максим Горький)

    razh-dyón-nyî pól-zat' lee-tát' nye mó-zhet

    Who was born to crawl can not fly. (Maxim Gorky)

  • По дну терра́риума по́лзали кру́пные ры́жие тарака́ны.

    pa dnu teer-rá-ree-u-ma pól-za-lee krúp-ny-ye rý-zhee-ye ta-ra-ká-ny

    Large red cockroaches crawled over the bottom of the terrarium.

Ползать - Conjugation
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Same stem words

поле́зный [pa-lyéz-nyî] Adjective
useful, helpful, good (for), health-giving, beneficial
по́льза [pól'-za] Noun , feminine
use, benefit, profit, good, advantage, utility
по́льзоваться [pól'-za-va-tsa] Verb , imperfective
to use, to make use
ползти́ [palz-tée] Verb , imperfective
to crawl

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Related words
поста́вить to put, to place
лови́ть to (try to) catch
загля́дывать to look into, to have a look at, to peep in; to drop in
лежа́ть to lie (position), to be somewhere (about inanimate objects)

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