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сгорать

to burn out

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Conjugation of сгорать

This verb can also mean the following: burn down.
This verb's imperfective counterpart: сгореть
Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Present tense
сгораю
sgoraju
I burn out
сгораешь
sgoraesh'
you burn out
сгорает
sgoraet
he/she burns out
сгораем
sgoraem
we burn out
сгораете
sgoraete
you all burn out
сгорают
sgorajut
they burn out
Imperfective Imperative mood
-
сгорай
sgoraj
burn out
-
-
сгорайте
sgorajte
burn out
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Imperfective Past tense
сгорал
sgoral
he did out
сгорала
sgorala
she did out
сгорало
sgoralo
it did out
сгорали
sgorali
they did out
Conditional
сгорал бы
sgoral by
He would burn out
сгорала бы
sgorala by
She would burn out
сгорало бы
sgoralo by
It would burn out
сгорали бы
sgorali by
They would burn out
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles
сгорающий
sgorajuščij
one who burns out
сгоравший
sgoravšij
one who burned out
сгорая
sgoraja
burning out
сгорав
sgorav
while burning out

Examples of сгорать

Мягкая древесина быстро сгорает.

Softwood burns out quickly.

Пенроуз показал, что когда массивная звезда сгорает, она коллапсирует захватывающим образом.

Penrose showed that when a massive star burns out, it collapses in on itself in a spectacular way.

- Звезды сгорают, детка.

- Baby, stars burn out.

Все копы сгорают.

All cops burn out...

Самые яркие звезды быстрее сгорают, или, по крайней мере, я так слышала.

The brightest stars burn out the fastest, or at least that's what I heard.