russian word
believe (that something is true in Russian: верить
verbimperfectivelevel A2#568 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я верю каждому твоему слову. I believe every word you say.
Она не верит этим слухам. She doesn't believe these rumours.
Мой дедушка всю жизнь верит в Бога. My grandfather has believed in God all his life.
Все верят в нашу команду. Everyone believes in our team.
What does верить mean in Russian?
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believe (that something is true; trust someone's words)
Я верю каждому твоему слову.
I believe every word you say.
Она не верит этим слухам.
She doesn't believe these rumours.
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
поверитьto believe (someone or something), accept as trueperfective
Conjugation of верить
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | верю | верим |
| ты / вы | веришь | верите |
| он / они | верит | верят |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | верил |
| fem | верила |
| neut | верило |
| plural | верили |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | верь |
| вы | верьте |
Participles and gerunds
present activeверящий
past activeверивший
gerund (imperfective)веря
gerund (perfective)верив
gerund (perfective)веривши