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Etymology

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со- (so-) +‎ жрать (žratʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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сожра́ть (sožrátʹpf (imperfective жрать)

  1. (low colloquial) to eat
    Ты сожра́л весь торт?!
    Ty sožrál vesʹ tort?!
    Have you eaten all the cake?!
  2. (low colloquial) to gorge, to scarf down (overeat or eat greedily, immodestly)
    Он не съел, а сожра́л.
    On ne sʺjel, a sožrál.
    He didn't eat—he made a pig of himself.
  3. (colloquial, of an insect) to sting, to bite
    Комары́ сожра́ли.
    Komarý sožráli.
    Mosquitos have stung me.

Conjugation

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