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затереть

to erase

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Conjugation of затереть

This verb can also mean the following: wear, overwrite, begin, ruin the career of, paint, wipe off, wear out through constant use, paint over, hold fast, ruin, hold, trap, begin to rub.
This verb's imperfective counterpart: затирать
Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Future tense
затру
zatru
I will erase
затрёшь
zatresh'
you will erase
затрёт
zatret
he/she will erase
затрём
zatrem
we will erase
затрёте
zatrete
you all will erase
затрут
zatrut
they will erase
Perfective Imperative mood
-
затри
zatri
erase
-
-
затрите
zatrite
erase
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Perfective Past tense
затёр
zater
he erased
затёрла
zaterla
she erased
затёрло
zaterlo
it erased
затёрли
zaterli
they erased
Conditional
zatjor by
He
zatjorla by
She
zatjorlo by
It
zatjorli by
They
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles
zatjoršij
zatjortyj
затерев
zaterev
while erasing

Examples of затереть

Но зато следы воспоминаний можно затереть.

But at least you can erase the traces...

Я не могу затереть ад, но я могу... поместить его за стену, скажем так.

Can't erase Sam's hell, but I can... Put it behind a wall, if you will.