угнетать

Russian

Etymology

Related to perfective угнести́ (ugnestí), from у- (u-) +‎ гнести́ (gnestí, “to oppress”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊɡnʲɪˈtatʲ]
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Verb

угнета́ть • (ugnetátʹ) impf (perfective угнести́)

  1. to oppress
    поме́щики угнета́ли крестья́н ― poméščiki ugnetáli krestʹján ― the landlords oppressed the peasants
  2. to depress, to dispirit
    чу́вство неизве́стности угнета́ло его́ ― čúvstvo neizvéstnosti ugnetálo jevó ― a sense of uncertainty oppressed him; he was oppressed by the uncertainty

Conjugation

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