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думал

thought

Meaning of думал

used the mind; past tense of think

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RU[ˈdumɐl]
thought
думал - thought
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думал with English translation

думал usage examples

🇬🇧EN🇷🇺RU

I thought about your idea.

Я думал о вашей идее.

🇬🇧EN🇷🇺RU

She thought it was funny.

Она думала, что это смешно.

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думал belongs to the topic "Top 5000". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

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думал synonyms

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подумал
Usually refers to a completed, one-time action: "thought for a moment / came to think."
считал
Means "believed / considered / thought that," so it expresses an opinion rather than the thinking process itself.
полагал
A more bookish and cautious "thought / supposed / assumed."
предполагал
“Assumed / supposed”: it refers to a preliminary conclusion or guess.
размышлял
Implies long, calm, and deep contemplation.
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П
🇷🇺ru
подумал

Usually refers to a completed, one-time action: "thought for a moment / came to think."

A1Very Often
С
🇷🇺ru
считал

Means "believed / considered / thought that," so it expresses an opinion rather than the thinking process itself.

A1Often
П
🇷🇺ru
полагал

A more bookish and cautious "thought / supposed / assumed."

A1Often
🇷🇺ru

“Assumed / supposed”: it refers to a preliminary conclusion or guess.

A1Often
Р
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размышлял

Implies long, calm, and deep contemplation.

A1Rarely
О
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обдумывал

Means "considered carefully / was thinking over," usually about a decision or plan.

A1Rarely
Д
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думал про

Colloquial variant of "thought about"; it requires the preposition про.

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Д
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думал о

A common and neutral "thought about" with the preposition о.

A1Very Often

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How to pronounce думал and what this word means

думал means thought. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce думал

[ˈdumɐl]

думал translation

thought

думал examples

I thought about your idea.

думал transcription

[ˈdumɐl]

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думал meaning: what does it mean?

обдумывал, использовал разум; прошедшая форма от think

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думал is pronounced as [ˈdumɐl]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

думал definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

I thought about your idea. Translation: Я думал о вашей идее.

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