Russian–English dictionary

спо́соб

(countable) A style or manner in which something is done. · sposob

спосо́бность

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] · sposobnost

спосо́бный

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] · sposobnyy

спосо́бствовать

To contribute or lead to a specific result. · sposobstvovat

способствующий

Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result. · sposobstvuyushchiy

споткну́ться

(intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot · spotknutsya

спотыка́ние

A fall, trip or substantial misstep. · spotykaniye

спотыкаться

To stumble. · spotykatsya

спотыка́ч

(countable, and, uncountable, slang) Any alcoholic drink. · spotykach

спра́ва

On the right side. · sprava

справедли́вая торго́вля

(uncountable) A system of trading promoting more equitable global trade, especially to sellers and producers in poorer areas, but also to the environment. · spravedlivaya torgovlya

справедли́во

(manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party · spravedlivo

справедли́вость

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right". · spravedlivost

справедли́вый

Fair, just, or impartial. · spravedlivyy

спра́вить ма́лую нужду́

(intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate. · spravit maluyu nuzhdu

спра́виться

(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. · spravitsya

справля́ться

(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. · spravlyatsya

спра́вочник

A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification. · spravochnik

Спрайт

A colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink. · Sprayt

спра́шивать

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

Спре́ва

A river in Germany that flows through Lusatia and into Berlin, where it flows into the Havel. · Spreva

спрей

An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying. · sprey

спри́нгбок

A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis. · springbok

спри́нклер

Anything that sprinkles. · sprinkler

спринт

A short run, flight. · sprint

спри́нтер

One who sprints. · sprinter

спринцева́ть

(transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid. · sprintsevat

спринцо́вка

A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation. · sprintsovka

спровоци́ровать

(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry. · sprovotsirovat

спрогнози́ровать

To estimate how something will be in the future. · sprognozirovat

спроси́ть

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

спрут

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus. · sprut

спры́гивать

(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. · sprygivat

спры́гнуть

(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. · sprygnut

спряга́ть

(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts. · spryagat

спряга́ться

(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts. · spryagatsya

спрясть

(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. · spryast

спря́танный

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

спря́тать

(often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. · spryatat

спря́таться

(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find. · spryatatsya

спуск

A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road. · spusk

спуска́емый аппара́т

A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body. · spuskayemyy apparat

спуска́ть

To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party). · spuskat

спуска́ться

(intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse. · spuskatsya

спусково́й крючо́к

(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. · spuskovoy kryuchok

спусти́ть

(intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate. · spustit

спусти́ться

(intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse. · spustitsya

спу́танный

chaotic, jumbled or muddled · sputannyy

спу́тать

(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). · sputat

спу́тник

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies · sputnik

спу́тник жи́зни

One's exclusive romantic partner. · sputnik zhizni

спутниковое ТВ

(colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.] · sputnikovoye TV

спутниковое телевидение

(colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.] · sputnikovoye televideniye

спу́тница

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies · sputnitsa

спу́тница жи́зни

One's exclusive romantic partner. · sputnitsa zhizni

спя́тивший

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy. · spyativshiy

спя́тить

(intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic. · spyatit

спя́чка

The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness. · spyachka

спя́щий

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended. · spyashchiy

ср.

Compare; compare to; compare with. · sr.

сравне́ние

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared. · sravneniye

сра́внивание

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared. · sravnivaniye

сра́внивать

(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. · sravnivat

сра́вниваться

(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"]. · sravnivatsya

сравни́мый

Able to be measured using a common standard. · sravnimyy

сравни́тельная сте́пень

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully). · sravnitelnaya stepen

сравни́тельно

(degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat. · sravnitelno

сравни́тельный

Of or relating to comparison. · sravnitelnyy

сравни́ть

(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. · sravnit

сравни́ться

(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"]. · sravnitsya

сража́ться

(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight · srazhatsya

сраже́ние

(military) Combat. · srazheniye

сражённый

Made irrationally enthusiastic. · srazhyonnyy

срази́ться

(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight · srazitsya

сра́зу

(idiomatic) Upon cursory examination. · srazu

срам

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. · sram

срами́ть

(transitive) To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon. · sramit

срамота́

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. · sramota

сраста́ние

(uncountable) The process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; concretion; (countable) a thing formed in this manner. · srastaniye

срач

(Internet, dated) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute. · srach

сра́чка

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

сращивание

(nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together. · srashchivaniye

сребро́

(collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal. · srebro

среда

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday. · sreda

среда́ обита́ния

A place in which a person lives. · sreda obitaniya

среди́

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.) · sredi

средиземноморский

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region. · sredizemnomorskiy

Средиземномо́рье

A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. · Sredizemnomorye

средиземный

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region. · sredizemnyy

среди́на

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume). · sredina

Среди́нное Ца́рство

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949. · Sredinnoye Tsarstvo

среди́нный

(anatomy, zootomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ. · sredinnyy

сре́днее

(mathematics) The arithmetic mean. · sredneye

сре́днее по больни́це

(US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation. · sredneye po bolnitse

среднесро́чный

Halfway through a term, or roughly so. · srednesrochnyy

среднестатисти́ческий

Typical. · srednestatisticheskiy

среднеязы́чный

(linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue. · sredneyazychnyy

сре́дний

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average. · sredniy

Средний Запад

The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky. · Sredniy Zapad

сре́дний па́лец

(with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended. · sredniy palets

сре́дний род

(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. · sredniy rod

средокре́стие

(architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it. · sredokrestiye

средото́чие

(uncountable) Concentration of attention. · sredotochiye

сре́дства

(uncountable) Financial resources; wealth. [circa 1600] · sredstva

сре́дства к существова́нию

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person. · sredstva k sushchestvovaniyu

сре́дства ма́ссовой информа́ции

Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people. · sredstva massovoy informatsii

сре́дство

An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect. · sredstvo

сре́дство устраше́ния

Something that deters. · sredstvo ustrasheniya

средь

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.) · sred

срез

(countable) A piece of something removed by clipping. · srez

среза́ть

(transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. · srezat

сровня́ть с землёй

(transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze. · srovnyat s zemlyoy

сродни́

(often, followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. · srodni

сродство́

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing. · srodstvo

срок

The time given for payment for something sold on trust. · srok

срок [[владение|владе́ния]]

A period of time during which something is possessed. · srok [[vladeniye|vladeniya]]

срок [[давность|да́вности]]

(law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought. · srok [[davnost|davnosti]]

срок [[полномочие|полномо́чий]]

Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length. · srok [[polnomochiye|polnomochiy]]

срок слу́жбы

The duration of the life of someone or something. · srok sluzhby

сросшийся

Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically. · srosshiysya

сро́чно

With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important. · srochno

срочность

An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention. · srochnost

сро́чный

Urgent. · srochnyy

срыв

An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something. · sryv

срыва́ть

(transitive, figurative) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction. · sryvat

сры́гивать

Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter. · srygivat

сса́дина

(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] · ssadina

ссади́ть

(transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch. · ssadit

сса́живать

(transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe. · ssazhivat

ссаньё

(vulgar) An act of urination. · ssanyo

сса́чка

(vulgar) An act of urination. · ssachka

ссо́ра

(uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate. · ssora

ссо́риться

(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel. · ssoritsya

ссу́да

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. · ssuda

ссужа́ть

(usually, _, ditransitive, US, dated, _, and) To lend (something) to (someone). · ssuzhat

ссыкло́

(pejorative) A cowardly person. · ssyklo

ссыку́н

A person who (habitually) urinates in their bed (during sleep). · ssykun

ссылать

(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place. · ssylat

ссыла́ться

(transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. · ssylatsya

ссы́лка

The state of being banished, exile. · ssylka

ссы́льная

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country. · ssylnaya

ссы́льный

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country. · ssylnyy

стабилиза́тор

A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft. · stabilizator

стабилиза́ция

(uncountable) The process of stabilizing. · stabilizatsiya

стабилизи́ровать

(transitive) To make stable. · stabilizirovat

стабилизи́роваться

(intransitive) To become stable. · stabilizirovatsya

стаби́льность

The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change. · stabilnost

стаби́льный

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed. · stabilnyy

става́ть на я́корь

(intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened. · stavat na yakor

ста́вень

(usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light. · staven