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Пугать - translation, pronunciation and examples

пугать
[pʊˈɡatʲ]

scare

🇷🇺 Russian
[pʊˈɡatʲ]
Meaning of пугать

To make someone feel sudden fear or discomfort because of something unexpected.

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Part of speechverb
Pronunciation[pʊˈɡatʲ]
CEFRA2
How important is this wordoften
scare

When to use пугать

scare away

пугать прочь

scare someone

пугать кого-то

scare children

пугать детей

scare animals

пугать животных

scare easily

легко пугать

пугать usage examples

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Собака может напугать маленьких детей.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Громкий хлопок нас напугал.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Громкий шум напугал детей.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Ей стало страшно, когда вдруг погас свет.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Фильм хотел напугать детей.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Я не хочу пугать свою сестру.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Громкий звук напугал моего младшего брата.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Не пугай эту кошку.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Не пугайте ребёнка, здесь темно.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Внезапный звук меня напугал.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Не пугай котёнка.

🇮🇹Italian🇷🇺Russian

Внезапный звук меня напугал.

Similar words

пугать

General action causing fear.

напугать

Action emphasizing the result of fear.

ошарашить

Suddenly shock or strongly surprise.

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пугатьspaventare
готовить-
менять-
завязывать-
следовать-
убирать-
ощущатьсяsentire

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What's the difference between пугать / напугать / ошарашить

🇷🇺Russian
пугать

General action causing fear.

A2Very Often

He likes to scare his friends.

Он любит пугать своих друзей.

Н
🇷🇺Russian
напугать

Action emphasizing the result of fear.

A2Very Often

He scared the child with a loud noise.

Он напугал ребёнка громким звуком.

О
🇷🇺Russian
ошарашить

Suddenly shock or strongly surprise.

B2Often

The news shocked everyone present.

Новость ошарашила всех присутствующих.

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пугать translation: scare. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce пугать

[pʊˈɡatʲ]

пугать translation

scare

пугать examples

Der Hund kann kleine Kinder erschrecken.

пугать transcription

[pʊˈɡatʲ]

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пугать meaning: what does it mean?

Заставить человека испытать страх или внезапный испуг.

пугать pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

пугать is pronounced as [pʊˈɡatʲ]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

пугать definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Der Hund kann kleine Kinder erschrecken. Translation: Собака может напугать маленьких детей.

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