russian word

to manage to do something in time, to have enough time to do something in Russian: успеть

verbperfectivelevel B1#540 by frequency

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

What does успеть mean in Russian?

Я не успел прочитать книгу до конца недели.

I didn't manage to read the book by the end of the week.

Если поторопимся, мы успеем приготовить ужин до того, как они придут.

If we hurry, we'll manage to cook dinner before they come.

Мы едва успели на последний поезд.

We barely caught the last train.

Беги быстрее, иначе не успеешь на самолёт.

Run faster, or you won't make it to the plane.

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

успеватьto have enough time, to manage (to do something)imperfective

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

imperative
ты	успей
вы	успейте

past activeуспевший

gerund (perfective)успев

gerund (perfective)успевши