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Заговорить [Zagovorit'] (to begin to speak) conjugation

Russian
perfective
3 examples
This verb can also mean the following: bewitch, talk smbs head off, exorcise, charm, tire smb out by talk, enchant, cast a spell, talk.
This verb's imperfective counterpart: заговаривать

Conjugation of заговорить

Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Future tense
заговорю
zagovorju
I will begin to speak
заговоришь
zagovorish'
you will begin to speak
заговорит
zagovorit
he/she will begin to speak
заговорим
zagovorim
we will begin to speak
заговорите
zagovorite
you all will begin to speak
заговорят
zagovorjat
they will begin to speak
Perfective Imperative mood
-
заговори
zagovori
begin to speak
-
-
заговорите
zagovorite
begin to speak
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Perfective Past tense
заговорил
zagovoril
he did speak
заговорила
zagovorila
she did speak
заговорило
zagovorilo
it did speak
заговорили
zagovorili
they did speak
Conditional
заговорил бы
zagovoril by
He would begin to speak
заговорила бы
zagovorila by
She would begin to speak
заговорило бы
zagovorilo by
It would begin to speak
заговорили бы
zagovorili by
They would begin to speak
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles
заговоривший
zagovorivšij
one who began to speak
заговорив
zagovoriv
while beginning to speak

Examples of заговорить

Example in RussianTranslation in English
- Он заговорил!He began to speak.
Бабба сел и, казалось прошло десять лет, прежде чем он заговорил.Bubba sat like that for what seemed like 10 years before he began to speak.
И тогда ты заговорил.And then you began to speak.

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выговорить
articulate
договорить
finish speakingsayingtelling
наговорить
record
обговорить
discuss
отговорить
dissuade
поговорить
have a conversation

Similar but longer

заговориться
talk excessively

Random

журчать
babble
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conquer
завысить
overstate
завянуть
wither
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do
заговариваться
be carried away by a
заговориться
talk excessively
загораживать
enclose
задействовать
start workingoperating
задёргать
tug at

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