Russian–English dictionary

пони́зить

(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller. · ponizit

пони́зиться

(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller. · ponizitsya

поникнуть

(intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually. · poniknut

понима́ние

Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment · ponimaniye

понима́ть

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect. · ponimat

поножи

(historical) A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet. · ponozhi

понома́рь

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains. · ponomar

поно́с

(symptom) A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements. · ponos

поноси́ть

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently. · ponosit

поноше́ние

The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another. · ponosheniye

поно́шенный

Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing. · ponoshennyy

понра́виться

To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. · ponravitsya

понтифика́т

The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex. · pontifikat

понтоваться

(intransitive, slang, AAVE) To show off; to posture; to flaunt valuables. · pontovatsya

понто́н

(nautical) A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel. · ponton

по́нчик

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream. · ponchik

поню́хать

(ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something. · ponyukhat

понюшка

(slang) A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted. · ponyushka

понял?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood? · ponyal?

поня́тие

A thorough understanding. · ponyatiye

поня́тливый

(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect. · ponyatlivyy

поня́тно

I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion). · ponyatno

поня́тный

(art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated. [from 1961] · ponyatnyy

понято́й

(countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court. · ponyatoy

поня́ть

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand. · ponyat

пообе́дать

(transitive) To treat to lunch. · poobedat

пообеща́ть

To make a solemn promise (to do something). · poobeshchat

поо́даль

At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. · poodal

поощре́ние

The act of encouraging · pooshchreniye

поощри́ть

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. · pooshchrit

поощря́ть

(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.] · pooshchryat

поп

Pop music. · pop

поп-му́зыка

Pop music. · pop-muzyka

по́па

(slang) The buttocks. · popa

попада́ние

A collision of a projectile with the target. · popadaniye

попада́ть

(transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place. · popadat

попадья́

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions. · popadya

попа́сть

(transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place. · popast

попа́сться

(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent. · popastsya

попахивать

(intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant. · popakhivat

поперёк

(Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest). · poperyok

попере́чина

The top tube of a bicycle frame. · poperechina

попере́чник

(geometry) The length of such a line. · poperechnik

попере́чный

Transverse; lying across the main direction. · poperechnyy

поперчи́ть

(transitive) To add pepper to. · poperchit

попе́ц

(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's. · popets

попече́ние

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession). · popecheniye

попечи́тель

A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper. · popechitel

попечи́тельница

A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper. · popechitelnitsa

попечи́тельство

The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. · popechitelstvo

попира́ть

(transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt. · popirat

попи́сать

(transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate. · popisat

попи́ть

(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth. · popit

попко́рн

(chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. · popkorn

поплаво́к

An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork. · poplavok

попобо́ль

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice. · popobol

попо́вство

The role or office of a priest. · popovstvo

попо́йка

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking. · popoyka

попо́лзать

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. · popolzat

поползти́

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. · popolzti

пополне́ние

A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement. · popolneniye

попо́лнить

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. · popolnit

пополня́ть

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. · popolnyat

пополу́дни

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. · popoludni

попо́на

The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant. · popona

попости́ться

(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating. · popostitsya

попра́вить

(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). · popravit

попра́виться

To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness. · popravitsya

попра́вка

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances. · popravka

поправля́ть

(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). · popravlyat

поправля́ться

To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness. · popravlyatsya

поправля́ющийся

recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness · popravlyayushchiysya

попрактикова́ться

(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity. · popraktikovatsya

поприве́тствовать

(ambitransitive) To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something). · poprivetstvovat

по́прище

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time. · poprishche

попро́бовать

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force. · poprobovat

попроси́ть

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question). · poprosit

попроси́ть руки́

(intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage. · poprosit ruki

попросту

(focus) Merely; solely. · poprostu

попроша́йка

A person who begs. · poproshayka

попроша́йничать

(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money. · poproshaynichat

попса́

Pop music. · popsa

попсовый

(music) Typical of, or in the style of, pop music. · popsovyy

попуга́й

Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions. [from 16th c.] · popugay

попуга́йничать

(transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot. · popugaynichat

попуга́йчик

Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions. [from 16th c.] · popugaychik

попули́ст

A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular. · populist

попули́стка

A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular. · populistka

попули́стский

(of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular. · populistskiy

популя́рное выраже́ние

A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture. · populyarnoye vyrazheniye

популя́рность

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large. · populyarnost

популярный

Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public. [from 16th c.] · populyarnyy

популя́ция

(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area. · populyatsiya

попурри́

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.] · popurri

попусти́тельство

(law) The process of conniving or conspiring. · popustitelstvo

попу́тная струя́

A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh. · poputnaya struya

попу́тный

(of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel, as opposed to headwind; downwind. · poputnyy

попыта́ться

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force. · popytatsya

попы́тка

The action of trying at something. [1530] · popytka

пора́

Indicates a signal to begin. · pora

порабо́тать

(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.] · porabotat

поработи́ть

(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall. · porabotit

порабоща́ть

(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall. · poraboshchat

порабоще́ние

The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage · poraboshcheniye

поража́ть

(transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). · porazhat

поражаться

(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused. · porazhatsya

пораже́нец

Someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude. · porazhenets

пораже́ние

A heavy defeat or setback. · porazheniye

поражённый

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. · porazhyonnyy

пораже́нческая

Of or relating to defeatism. · porazhencheskaya

пораже́нческий

Of or relating to defeatism. · porazhencheskiy

пораже́нчество

Acceptance of defeat without struggle. · porazhenchestvo

порази́тельно

In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully. · porazitelno

порази́тельный

Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising. · porazitelnyy

порази́ть

To astonish, bewilder or dazzle. · porazit

пора́нить

(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. · poranit

порва́ть

(transitive) To discontinue abruptly. · porvat

порва́ться

(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. · porvatsya

поре́брик

(British spelling) . · porebrik

поре́з

An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound. · porez

поре́заный

(participial adjective) Having been cut. · porezanyy

поре́зать

To perform an incision on, for example with a knife. · porezat

поре́й

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. · porey

порекомендова́ть

(transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably · porekomendovat

пореши́ть

(transitive, slang) To kill. · poreshit

по́ристый

Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through. · poristyy

порица́ние

(countable) A criticism, a critical remark. · poritsaniye

порица́ть

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off. · poritsat

по́рка

Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping. · porka

по́рно

(uncountable, informal) Pornography. [from mid-20th c.] · porno

порнографи́ческий

(informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic. · pornograficheskiy

порногра́фия

(uncountable) Pornography. · pornografiya

порну́ха

(uncountable, informal) Pornography. [from mid-20th c.] · pornukha

порну́шка

(uncountable) Pornography. · pornushka

по́ровну

(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly · porovnu

поро́да

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies. · poroda

породи́ть

To cause; to produce; to bring forth. · porodit

порожда́ть

To cause; to produce; to bring forth. · porozhdat

порожде́ние

Any germ or seed, even a figurative source. · porozhdeniye

поро́жек

(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played. · porozhek

поро́жний

Completely without; having none of. · porozhniy

поро́й

(idiomatic) Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while. · poroy

поро́к

(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness. · porok

пороло́н

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: · porolon

поросёнок

A young pig. · porosyonok

пороси́ться

To give birth to (a litter of piglets). · porositsya

по́росль

(biology) Something that grows or has grown. · porosl

поро́сший куста́рником

Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees. · porosshiy kustarnikom

поро́сший ле́сом

Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees. · porosshiy lesom

поро́ть

(transitive) To whip or scourge. · porot