russian word
sleep, be asleep in Russian: спать
verbimperfectivelevel A1#486 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Ребёнок крепко спит в своей кровати. The child is sleeping soundly in his bed.
Ночью я плохо спал из-за шума на улице. At night I slept badly because of the noise on the street.
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
поспатьto sleep for a while, get some sleep, have a napperfective
Conjugation of спать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | сплю | спим |
| ты / вы | спишь | спите |
| он / они | спит | спят |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | спал |
| fem | спала |
| neut | спало |
| plural | спали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | спи |
| вы | спите |
Participles and gerunds
present activeспящий
past activeспавший
gerund (imperfective)спя
gerund (perfective)спав
gerund (perfective)спавши
Words near this one by frequency
- целыйwhole, entire (the full extent of)#483
- директорdirector, head (of a company or institution)#484
- провестиto spend (a period of time)#485
- плохойbad, poor (of low quality or unpleasant)#487
- можетmaybe, perhaps (parenthetical)#488
- впрочемhowever, then again (introducing a qualification or change of mind)#489