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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic пъртити (pŭrtiti, spend), from Proto-Slavic *pъrtiti. Cognate to поро́ть (porótʹ), портно́й (portnój).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈportʲɪtʲ]
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Verb edit

по́ртить (pórtitʹimpf (perfective испо́ртить or попо́ртить)

  1. to spoil, to ruin, to mar, to damage
    по́ртить кому́-либо кровьpórtitʹ komú-libo krovʹto annoy (someone), to spoil (someone's) mood (literally, “to spoil (someone's) blood”)
  2. (colloquial) to corrupt, to spoil, to deflower (virgins)

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