споткнуться

Russian

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Etymology

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с- (s-) +‎ по- (po-) +‎ ткнуть (tknutʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [spɐtkˈnut͡sːə]
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Verb

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споткну́ться (spotknútʹsjapf (imperfective спотыка́ться)

  1. to stumble, to trip [with о (o, + accusative) ‘over something’]
  2. (colloquial) to stumble (over), to get stuck (on)
    споткну́ться на тру́дном сло́веspotknútʹsja na trúdnom slóveto stumble over a difficult word
  3. (colloquial) to slip, to make a mistake

Conjugation

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