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затягивать

затягивать

Russian

Verb

затя́гивать (zatjágivatʹ) impf (perfective затяну́ть)

  1. to tighten
    затя́гивать корсе́тzatjágivatʹ korsét ― to lace/tighten up a corset/girdle
    затя́гивать га́йкиzatjágivatʹ gájki ― to tighten the screws (also figuratively)
    затя́гивать по́ясzatjágivatʹ pójas ― to tighten one's belt; to take one's belt in
  2. to cover, close
    ра́ну затяну́лоránu zatjanúlo ― the wound is beginning to heal; the wound has skinned over [has closed]
  3. to procrastinate, delay, drag out
    затя́гивать де́лоzatjágivatʹ délo ― to drag out a business
    затя́гивать конфли́ктzatjágivatʹ konflíkt ― to protract a conflict
  4. to pull (into)
  5. to drag (into), suck (into), suck (down), engulf, swallow up
    лошаде́й затяну́ло в боло́то; боло́то затяну́ло лошаде́йlošadéj zatjanúlo v bolóto; bolóto zatjanúlo lošadéj ― the horses were sucked down in the bog
  6. to swallow up, absorb, engross
    э́та кни́га про́сто затя́гиваетéta kníga prósto zatjágivajet ― this book really absorbs one
  7. to start singing, begin to harp (on)
    затя́гивать ста́рую (свою́ обы́чную / люби́мую) пе́снюzatjágivatʹ stáruju (svojú obýčnuju / ljubímuju) pésnju ― to (begin to) harp on one's favourite tune

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