Russian Word of the Day
забыть
za-BYT' • verb (perfective) — 8th of May, 2026
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Meaning: to forget (to fail to remember or to neglect to do something)
Examples
- Я забыл телефон дома.
(I forgot my phone at home.) - Не забудь купить хлеб.
(Don't forget to buy bread.) - Она забыла имя этого человека.
(She forgot that person's name.)
Synonyms
- забывать
- не вспомнить
Забыть is the perfective verb meaning a completed act of forgetting; use забывать for ongoing or habitual forgetting. Common phrases: «не забудь(те) …» (Don't forget …) to give reminders. Imperative forms: забудь (informal), забудьте (formal/plural). Often used with direct objects (забыть ключи) or with «о» to mean 'forget about' (забыть о проблеме).
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