NuanceDeckРусский

russian word

to throw, to toss in Russian: бросить

verbperfectivelevel B1#683 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Он бросил мяч через всю комнату. He threw the ball across the whole room.

Я бросил камень в воду и смотрел на круги. I threw a stone into the water and watched the ripples.

Брат наконец бросил курить. My brother finally quit smoking.

Она бросила университет на втором курсе. She dropped out of university in her second year.

Он бросил жену и уехал в другой город. He abandoned his wife and left for another city.

Не бойся, я тебя не брошу. Don't be afraid, I won't leave you.

What does бросить mean in Russian?

01

to throw, to toss (something through the air)

Он бросил мяч через всю комнату.

He threw the ball across the whole room.

Я бросил камень в воду и смотрел на круги.

I threw a stone into the water and watched the ripples.

02

to give up, to quit, to stop doing something

Брат наконец бросил курить.

My brother finally quit smoking.

Она бросила университет на втором курсе.

She dropped out of university in her second year.

03

to abandon, to leave (a person)

Он бросил жену и уехал в другой город.

He abandoned his wife and left for another city.

Не бойся, я тебя не брошу.

Don't be afraid, I won't leave you.

Aspect pair

This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is

бросатьto throwimperfective

Conjugation of бросить

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

futuresingularplural
я / мыброшубросим
ты / выбросишьбросите
он / ониброситбросят
past
mascбросил
femбросила
neutбросило
pluralбросили
imperative
тыбрось
выбросьте

Participles and gerunds

past activeбросивший
past passiveброшенный
gerund (perfective)бросив
gerund (perfective)бросивши