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Умирать - translation, pronunciation and examples

умирать
[ʊmʲɪˈratʲ]

die

🇷🇺 Russian
[ʊmʲɪˈratʲ]
Meaning of умирать

stop living

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Part of speechverb
Pronunciation[ʊmʲɪˈratʲ]
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How important is this wordoften
die

When to use умирать

die young

умереть молодым

die suddenly

умереть внезапно

die peacefully

умереть спокойно

die in hospital

умереть в больнице

die of illness

умереть от болезни

умирать usage examples

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

If you forget to water them, the plants will die.

Если забывать поливать, растения начнут умирать.

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

The old tree began to die after the storm damaged its roots.

Старое дерево начало умирать после того, как шторм повредил его корни.

Similar words

умирать

neutral, general word for ceasing to live

погибнуть

about sudden or violent death (accident, disaster, combat)

сдохнуть

vulgar/slang word for 'die', often used for animals or as an insult

гибнуть

literary/formal, often about dying in disasters, war, or en masse

пропасть

to disappear or perish; more general/neutral, often without details

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умиратьdie
готовитьcook
менятьchange
завязыватьtie
следоватьfollow
убиратьremove
ощущатьсяfeel

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What's the difference between умирать / погибнуть / сдохнуть / гибнуть / пропасть / вымереть

🇷🇺Russian
умирать

neutral, general word for ceasing to live

A1Very Often

After a long illness he died.

После долгой болезни он умер.

П
🇷🇺Russian
погибнуть

about sudden or violent death (accident, disaster, combat)

B1Very Often

Many people perished in that earthquake.

Множество людей погибло в том землетрясении.

С
🇷🇺Russian
сдохнуть

vulgar/slang word for 'die', often used for animals or as an insult

B2Often

The chickens died from the cold. (vulgar)

Куры сдохли от холода.

Г
🇷🇺Russian
гибнуть

literary/formal, often about dying in disasters, war, or en masse

B2Often

Soldiers were perishing at the front every day.

На фронте ежедневно гибли солдаты.

П
🇷🇺Russian
пропасть

to disappear or perish; more general/neutral, often without details

B2Often

The little bird disappeared in the forest.

Маленькая птица пропала в лесу.

В
🇷🇺Russian
вымереть

to become extinct or die out completely (species, populations)

B2Often

Due to hunting many species died out in this region.

Из-за охоты многие виды животных вымерли в этом регионе.

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How to pronounce умирать and what this word means

умирать translation: die. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce умирать

[ʊmʲɪˈratʲ]

умирать translation

die

умирать examples

Die alte Pflanze ist gestorben.

умирать transcription

[ʊmʲɪˈratʲ]

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умирать meaning: what does it mean?

Прекратить существование организма; остановка жизненных функций

умирать pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

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

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

Die alte Pflanze ist gestorben. Translation: Старое растение погибло.

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