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Russian word of the day: Подрабатывать

May 13, 2020 (see all)
подраба́тывать
[ pad-ra-bá-ty-vat' ]
Verb , imperfective
Often used with the Instumental
Perfective - подрабо́тать
to earn additionally, to earn on the side
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Examples

  • Будучи студе́нтом, она́ подраба́тывала, что́бы свести́ концы́ с конца́ми.

    bú-du-chee stu-dyén-tam, a-ná pad-ra-bá-ty-va-la. chtó-by sveest-ée kan-tsý s kan-tsá-mee

    As a student, she worked part time to make ends meet.

  • По выходны́м она́ подраба́тывает ня́ней.

    pa vy-had-ným a-ná pad-ra-bá-ty-va-eet nyá-nyeî

    On weekends, she (additionally) works as a baby sitter.

Подрабатывать - Conjugation
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Same stem words

разраба́тывать [raz-ra-bá-ty-vat'] Verb , imperfective
to develop, to design, to engineer, to elaborate, to exploit, to work up, to process
срабо́таться [sra-bó-ta-tsa] Verb , perfective
to work well together; to achieve harmony in work
безрабо́тица [beez-ra-bó-tee-tsa] Noun , feminine
unemployment
работя́га [ra-ba-tyá-ga] Noun , masculine or feminine
hard worker; plodder; blue-collar worker
порабо́тать [pa-ra-bó-tat'] Verb , perfective
to do some work, to put in some work
безрабо́тный [beez-ra-bót-nyî] Adjective
unemployed, jobless
рабо́та [ra-bó-ta] Noun , feminine
work, job
рабо́тать [ra-bó-tat'] Verb , imperfective
to work
зараба́тывать [za-ra-bá-ty-vat'] Verb , imperfective
to earn

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сре́дство medium, means, facilities, method, way; tool, instrument, substance
лист sheet; leaf
предположе́ние assumption, supposition, guess-work
трудоёмкий labour-intensive, laborious

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