russian word

to forget in Russian: забыть

verbperfectivelevel A1#478 by frequency

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

What does забыть mean in Russian?

Я совсем забыл, как его зовут.

I completely forgot what his name is.

Она забыла, что обещала позвонить вечером.

She forgot that she had promised to call in the evening.

Я забыл зонт в поезде.

I left my umbrella on the train.

Кажется, мы забыли ключи дома.

It seems we forgot our keys at home.

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

забыватьforget, fail to rememberimperfective

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

imperative
ты	забудь
вы	забудьте

past activeзабывший

past passiveзабытый

gerund (perfective)забыв

gerund (perfective)забывши