тонуть
Translation of тонуть
drown
Russian word in Latin letters: tonut
Meaning of тонуть
Погибать под водой, не имея возможности дышать.
to die because you are under water and cannot breathe
Pronunciation
Traps and common mistakes
Тонуть or утопить?
утопить
утопить = to drown someone or make something sink
Don't mix them up. A person drowns — тонуть, утонуть; you drown someone or something — утопить.
В фильме бандиты пытались утопить свидетеля.
In the film, gangsters tried to drown a witness.
Он не умел плавать и чуть не утонул.
He couldn't swim and almost drowned.
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People drown in this river every summer.
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Каждое лето в этой реке тонут люди.
The boat turned over and he began to drown.
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Лодка перевернулась, и он начал тонуть.
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Questions about this word
What does тонуть mean?
to die because you are under water and cannot breathe
How do you pronounce тонуть?
тонуть is pronounced [tɐˈnutʲ], in Latin letters “tonut”.
How is тонуть used in a sentence?
People drown in this river every summer. Translation: Каждое лето в этой реке тонут люди.
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