Russian Word of the Day
забыть
za-BYT' • verb — 14th of Jun, 2026
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Meaning: to forget; to fail to remember or to leave something behind unintentionally
Examples
- Я забыл телефон дома.
(I forgot my phone at home.) - Не забудь взять зонтик.
(Don't forget to take an umbrella.) - Она забыла пароль от электронной почты.
(She forgot the password for her email.)
Synonyms
- не вспомнить
- упустить из памяти
Забыть is the perfective infinitive used for a single completed act of forgetting. Use забывать (imperfective) for habitual or repeated forgetting. Common expressions: the imperative Не забудь (informal singular) or Не забудьте (formal/plural). In the past tense gender matters: он забыл, она забыла.
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