russian word
to give back, to return in Russian: отдать
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я отдам тебе деньги в конце месяца. I'll give you back the money at the end of the month.
Она отдала библиотеке все книги, которые брала. She returned all the books she had borrowed to the library.
Бабушка отдала внуку свои старые часы. Grandmother gave her old watch to her grandson.
Мы отдали старую одежду в благотворительный фонд. We gave away our old clothes to a charity.
Он отдал всю жизнь науке. He devoted his whole life to science.
Чтобы спасти утопающего, пловец, не раздумывая, отдал последние силы. To save the drowning man, the swimmer, without a second thought, gave up his last bit of strength.
What does отдать mean in Russian?
to give back, to return (something borrowed)
to give away, to hand over (to someone)
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
Conjugation of отдать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | отдам | отдадим |
| ты / вы | отдашь | отдадите |
| он / они | отдаст | отдадут |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | отдал |
| fem | отдала |
| neut | отдало |
| plural | отдали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | отдай |
| вы | отдайте |