затапливать
flood
cover with water
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затапливать with English translation
затапливать usage examples
Broken dam gates might flood the lower fields if they are not fixed quickly.
Если ворота плотины не починят быстро, вода может затапливать нижние поля.
Spring melt can flood the village lanes in a single night.
Весеннее таяние может затапливать деревенские дорожки за одну ночь.
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затапливать synonyms
What's the difference between затапливать / затоплять / подтапливать / заливать / наводнять / топить
General neutral term — to inundate/cover with water (often gradually or repeatedly), usually about rooms or areas.
In spring gardens are often flooded after the snow melts.
Весной часто затапливает огороды после таяния снега.
Similar to 'затапливать', often implies complete or strong flooding — a room or area submerged.
The flood submerged several streets and basements.
Наводнение затопило несколько улиц и подвалы.
Means slight or partial flooding — water rising to a small depth, often temporary.
Due to high water levels the basements are periodically slightly flooded.
Из‑за высокого уровня воды подвалы периодически подтапливает.
Emphasizes pouring or filling with liquid; often about water getting into a room (often accidentally).
After the pipe burst, the basement was flooded.
После прорыва трубы залило подвал.
Often formal or literary; means mass inundation or figurative 'flooding' (people, information).
The river broke its banks and inundated the low-lying areas.
Река вышла из берегов и наводнила низменные участки.
Polysemous: regarding water — to drown or (colloquially) to flood/immerse; also means 'to stoke/heat' (different meaning).
Because of the burst pipe the house began to be flooded.
Из‑за прорыва трубы дом начали топить.
To overfill beyond capacity — about containers, channels, less often streets; can be figurative (emotions, crowds).
The river overflowed its banks and water rushed onto the fields.
Река переполнила берега, вода хлынула на поля.
Intransitive verb — a liquid spills or spreads; often about rivers or spills of oil/water.
After the downpour the river spilled over onto the meadows.
После ливня река разлилась по лугам.
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How to pronounce затапливать and what this word means
затапливать translation: flood. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.
how to pronounce затапливать
[zətɐˈplʲivatʲ]
затапливать translation
flood
затапливать examples
Broken dam gates might flood the lower fields if they are not fixed quickly.
затапливать transcription
[zətɐˈplʲivatʲ]
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Questions about this word
затапливать meaning: what does it mean?
заливать территорию водой, вызванной дождём или прорывом
затапливать pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
затапливать is pronounced as [zətɐˈplʲivatʲ]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
затапливать definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
Broken dam gates might flood the lower fields if they are not fixed quickly. Translation: Если ворота плотины не починят быстро, вода может затапливать нижние поля.
Is затапливать part of Natural Phenomena vocabulary?
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Is затапливать part of Weather and Seasons vocabulary?
Yes, затапливать (flood) can be learned in the Weather and Seasons topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.
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