пролетать

Russian

Etymology

про- (pro-) + лета́ть (letátʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prəlʲɪˈtatʲ]

Verb

пролета́ть (proletátʹ) impf (perfective пролете́ть)

  1. to fly (by, past, through), to fly (over)
  2. to overfly, to overshoot
    пролета́ть ми́мо це́лиproletátʹ mímo célito overshoot the target
  3. to cover, to pass rapidly
  4. (time) to fly by
  5. (colloquial) to be passed over (for), to miss the mark, to miss the boat
    пролета́ть как фане́ра над Пари́жем
    proletátʹ kak fanéra nad Parížem
    miss the mark, miss the boat
    (literally, “to fly like plywood over Paris”)

Conjugation

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.