russian word
to answer, reply, respond in Russian: отвечать
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Он не отвечает на звонки. He doesn't answer calls.
Ученик отвечает на вопрос учителя. The pupil is answering the teacher's question.
Я отвечаю за безопасность детей. I am responsible for the children's safety.
Каждый отвечает за свои поступки. Everyone is responsible for their own actions.
What does отвечать mean in Russian?
to answer, reply, respond
Он не отвечает на звонки.
He doesn't answer calls.
Ученик отвечает на вопрос учителя.
The pupil is answering the teacher's question.
to be responsible, answer for (someone or something)
Я отвечаю за безопасность детей.
I am responsible for the children's safety.
Каждый отвечает за свои поступки.
Everyone is responsible for their own actions.
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
Conjugation of отвечать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | отвечаю | отвечаем |
| ты / вы | отвечаешь | отвечаете |
| он / они | отвечает | отвечают |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | отвечал |
| fem | отвечала |
| neut | отвечало |
| plural | отвечали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | отвечай |
| вы | отвечайте |