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припирать

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Russian

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Etymology

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при- (pri-) +‎ -пира́ть (-pirátʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prʲɪpʲɪˈratʲ]

Verb

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припира́ть (pripirátʹimpf (perfective припере́ть)

  1. to secure (a door, etc.), to close tightly so it can't be opened
  2. to press firmly [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and к (k, + dative) ‘against someone/something else’]
  3. (colloquial, impersonal) to be necessary, to be required [with dative ‘for someone’ and inf ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated by English have to or must with the dative object as the subject)
  4. (rude, low colloquial) to carry, to take
  5. (rude, low colloquial) to come

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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