затягивать

Russian

Etymology

затяг- (zatjag-) +‎ -ивать (-ivatʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐˈtʲæɡʲɪvətʲ]
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Verb

затя́гивать • (zatjágivatʹ) impf (perfective затяну́ть)

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

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