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позволил

let

Meaning of позволил

allowed someone to do something

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RU[pəzˈvolʲɪl]
let
позволил - let
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позволил with Russian translation

позволил usage examples

🇬🇧EN🇷🇺RU

The teacher let us leave early.

Учитель позволил нам уйти пораньше.

🇬🇧EN🇷🇺RU

She let her brother borrow the car.

Она позволила брату взять машину.

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позволил belongs to the topic "Top 1000". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

позволилlet
готовитьcook
менятьchange
завязыватьtie
следоватьfollow
задаватьset
убиратьremove

позволил synonyms

Related words worth learning together

разрешил
More explicit and slightly more formal: gave clear permission.
велел
Not 'allowed' but the opposite: ordered someone to do something.
дал
Very general; in this meaning it can imply 'gave permission' only from context.
попустил
Rare and книжное/old-fashioned; means 'did not prevent', 'yielded', sometimes 'allowed to happen'.
предоставил
Usually means 'made available' or 'supplied'; for simple 'let' it sounds more formal and not fully equivalent.
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Р
🇷🇺ru
разрешил

More explicit and slightly more formal: gave clear permission.

A1Very Often
В
🇷🇺ru
велел

Not 'allowed' but the opposite: ordered someone to do something.

A1Often
Д
🇷🇺ru
дал

Very general; in this meaning it can imply 'gave permission' only from context.

A1Often
П
🇷🇺ru
попустил

Rare and книжное/old-fashioned; means 'did not prevent', 'yielded', sometimes 'allowed to happen'.

A1Rarely
П
🇷🇺ru
предоставил

Usually means 'made available' or 'supplied'; for simple 'let' it sounds more formal and not fully equivalent.

A1Often

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позволил means let. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce позволил

[pəzˈvolʲɪl]

позволил translation

let

позволил examples

The teacher let us leave early.

позволил transcription

[pəzˈvolʲɪl]

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позволил meaning: what does it mean?

разрешил кому-то сделать что-то

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The teacher let us leave early. Translation: Учитель позволил нам уйти пораньше.

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