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преобразовать

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣобразовати (prěobrazovati). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ образова́ть (obrazovátʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prʲɪəbrəzɐˈvatʲ]

Verb

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преобразова́ть (preobrazovátʹimpf or pf (imperfective преобразова́ть or преобразо́вывать)

  1. to transform (into), to turn (into), to reform (into), to reorganize (into, as)
    преобразова́ть дипломати́ческую ми́ссию в посо́льствоpreobrazovátʹ diplomatíčeskuju míssiju v posólʹstvoto raise/elevate a diplomatic mission to embassy rank
  2. (physics, mathematics) to transform (into), to convert (to)
  3. (informatics) to convert (to), to translate (into)

Usage notes

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This verb can be used in the present/future tense as either imperfective or perfective, but in the past and imperative only as perfective.

Conjugation

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imperfective

perfective

Synonyms

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