Russian–English dictionary

посове́товать

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. · posovetovat

посоде́йствовать

To make easy or easier. · posodeystvovat

посоли́ть

(mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam. · posolit

по́солонь

In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock. · posolon

посо́льство

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations. · posolstvo

по́сох

A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds. · posokh

поспа́ть

(intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. · pospat

поспеша́ть

(intransitive) To do things quickly. · pospeshat

поспеши́ть

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion. · pospeshit

поспе́шно

In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly. · pospeshno

поспешный

Rash or impetuous. · pospeshnyy

поспосо́бствовать

To make easy or easier. · posposobstvovat

посрамлять

To cause to be ashamed; to abash. · posramlyat

посреди́

In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.) · posredi

посре́дник

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them. · posrednik

посре́дница

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them. · posrednitsa

посре́дничество

The act of intervening or mediating between two parties. · posrednichestvo

посре́дственность

(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard. · posredstvennost

посре́дственный

Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage). · posredstvennyy

посре́дством

By force of; by means of. · posredstvom

поссесси́вный

(grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc. · possessivnyy

по́ссум

Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands. · possum

пост

A position of responsibility. · post

пост-

after; later. · post-

поста́вить

(transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower. · postavit

поста́вить в тупи́к

To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck. · postavit v tupik

поста́вить на я́корь

(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like. · postavit na yakor

поставить синяк

(transitive) To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell. · postavit sinyak

поста́вка

The act of conveying something. · postavka

поставля́ть

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. · postavlyat

поставщи́к

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence. · postavshchik

поставщи́ца

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence. · postavshchitsa

постаме́нт

(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp. · postament

постанови́ть

(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action. · postanovit

постано́вка

The presentation of a theatrical work. · postanovka

постановле́ние

An edict or law. · postanovleniye

постановлять

(transitive, legal) To make (a bill) into law. · postanovlyat

постара́ться

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

постаре́ть

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age. · postaret

посте́ль

A prepared spot in which to spend the night. · postel

постепе́нно

A small amount at a time · postepenno

постепе́нный

Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees · postepennyy

по́стер

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. · poster

постигать

(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.] · postigat

постижение

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

постижи́мый

Able to be comprehended. · postizhimyy

по́стить

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.] · postit

пости́ться

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

пости́чь

(informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. · postich

по́стный

(of meat) Having little fat. · postnyy

посторонний

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. · postoronniy

постоя́лец

A patron or customer in a hotel etc. · postoyalets

постоя́лый двор

A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors. · postoyalyy dvor

постоя́нная

(science) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances. · postoyannaya

постоя́нно

Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally). · postoyanno

постоянно меняющийся

Frequently or constantly changing. · postoyanno menyayushchiysya

постоянное [[движе́ние]]

A state of ongoing change. · postoyannoye [[dvizheniye]]

постоя́нный

Unchanged through time or space; permanent. · postoyannyy

постоя́нный ток

(electrical) Initialism of direct current. · postoyannyy tok

постоя́нство

(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc. · postoyanstvo

постпра́вда

The fact or state of being post-truth; a time period or situation in which facts have become less important than emotional persuasion. · postpravda

пострада́вший

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion). · postradavshiy

пострада́ть

(intransitive) To become worse. · postradat

постре́л

A lively, high-energy person. · postrel

пострелёнок

A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. · postrelyonok

постри́чь

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc. · postrich

построе́ние

The process of constructing. · postroyeniye

постро́ить

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts. · postroit

постро́йка

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof. · postroyka

постскри́птум

(countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature. · postskriptum

посту́кивать

To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch. · postukivat

постула́т

Something that is posited; a postulate. · postulat

поступа́тельный

One with liberal or progressive political beliefs. · postupatelnyy

поступа́ть

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform. · postupat

поступи́ть

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation. · postupit

поступле́ние

The income returned by an investment. · postupleniye

поступле́ния

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others. · postupleniya

посту́пок

(countable) Something done, a deed. · postupok

по́ступь

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs. · postup

постуча́ть

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. · postuchat

по́стфикс

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. · postfiks

посты́дный

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible. · postydnyy

посу́да

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from. · posuda

посудина

(nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft. · posudina

посудомо́ечная маши́на

A machine for washing dishes. · posudomoyechnaya mashina

посудомо́йка

A machine for washing dishes. · posudomoyka

по́сул

(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow. · posul

посчита́ть

(dated, _, except in, _, accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14th c.] · poschitat

посыла́ть

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.] · posylat

посыла́ть факс

To send a document via a fax machine. · posylat faks

посы́лка

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. · posylka

посы́льная

Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war). · posylnaya

посы́льный

A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands. · posylnyy

посыпать

(cooking, transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge. · posypat

посы́пка

Small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections. · posypka

посяга́тельство

An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement. · posyagatelstvo

посяга́ть

(intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory. · posyagat

посягну́ть

(intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory. · posyagnut

пот

(uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface. · pot

потаённый

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent. · potayonnyy

потайно́й

(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed. · potaynoy

потака́ние

The act of catering to someone's every desire. · potakaniye

потака́ть

(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.] · potakat

потака́ющий

Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; · potakayushchiy

потанцевать

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. · potantsevat

потаску́ха

(informal) Agent noun of bed-hop: one who bed-hops; a person who is promiscuous or has multiple sexual partners. · potaskukha

потаску́шка

A sexually immoral woman. · potaskushka

потасо́вка

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved. · potasovka

пота́ш

The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts). · potash

потащи́ть

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. · potashchit

потво́р

A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind. · potvor

потво́рство

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

потво́рствовать

(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.] · potvorstvovat

потёмки

(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light. · potyomki

поте́ние

The action or process of perspiring. · poteniye

потенциа́л

A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to). · potentsial

потенциа́льная эне́ргия

The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass). · potentsialnaya energiya

потенциа́льный

Capable of being conceived or imagined. · potentsialnyy

потепле́ние

A small rise in temperature. · potepleniye

потерпе́вшая

One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition. · poterpevshaya

потерпе́вший

One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition. · poterpevshiy

потерпе́ть

(transitive) To bear, withstand. · poterpet

потерпеть [[фиа́ско]]

(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. · poterpet [[fiasko]]

потерпе́ть неуда́чу

(intransitive) To be unsuccessful. · poterpet neudachu

потёртость

Injury or wear caused by friction. · potyortost

потёртый

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

поте́ря

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death. · poterya

поте́ря созна́ния

A faint. · poterya soznaniya

потеря́вший

A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. · poteryavshiy

поте́рянный

In an unknown location; unable to be found. · poteryannyy

потеря́ть

(transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. · poteryat

потеря́ть созна́ние

(intransitive) To faint; to become unconscious. · poteryat soznaniye

поте́ть

(intransitive) To emit sweat. · potet

поте́ха

An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games. · potekha

поте́шный

Funny, hilarious. · poteshnyy

поте́ющий

Having a tendency to sweat. · poteyushchiy

по́тка

(informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate). · potka

потли́вый

Having a tendency to sweat. · potlivyy

по́тный

Covered in sweat. · potnyy

потого́нка

A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892] · potogonka

потогонное произво́дство

A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892] · potogonnoye proizvodstvo

потого́нный

Likely to cause one to sweat. · potogonnyy

пото́к

(by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism. · potok

потоло́к

(aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight. · potolok

потолсте́ть

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. · potolstet

пото́м

Behind; later in time; following. · potom

пото́мок

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations. · potomok

пото́мственный

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors · potomstvennyy

пото́мство

(countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring. · potomstvo

потому́

(conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason. · potomu