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собирать

gather

Meaning of собирать

to bring things or people together

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Russian[səbʲɪˈratʲ]
gather
собирать - gather
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собирать usage examples

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

We gathered around the fire.

Мы собрались вокруг костра.

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

They gathered the children in one room.

Они собрали детей в одной комнате.

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собирать belongs to the topic "Top 2500". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

собиратьgather
готовитьcook
менятьchange
завязыватьtie
следоватьfollow
убиратьremove
ощущатьсяfeel

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What's the difference between собирать / набирать / стягивать / сводить / соединять

🇷🇺Russian
собирать

gather — to bring things or people together

A2Often

We gathered around the fire.

Мы собрались вокруг костра.

С
🇷🇺Russian
собирать

general neutral verb for bringing things or people together

B1Very Often

We are gathering documents for the application.

Мы собираем документы для подачи заявления.

Н
🇷🇺Russian
набирать

emphasizes accumulating or increasing to a needed amount or number

B1Often

The team is gathering points at the end of the season.

Команда набирает очки в конце сезона.

С
🇷🇺Russian
стягивать

to pull together to one place, often quickly or by force; more forceful and dynamic

B1Often

Additional police forces were gathered to the square.

К площади стягивали дополнительные силы полиции.

С
🇷🇺Russian
сводить

to bring together or reduce to one result; often used for bringing people, facts, or data together

B1Often

He gathered all the data into one table.

Он свел все данные в одну таблицу.

С
🇷🇺Russian
соединять

to join into one whole, physically or logically; less about gathering, more about connecting

B1Very Often

The bridge connects the two banks of the river.

Мост соединяет два берега реки.

А
🇷🇺Russian
аккумулировать

a more formal and bookish verb: to accumulate or collect large amounts gradually

B1Rarely

The company accumulated funds for a new project.

Компания аккумулировала средства для нового проекта.

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How to pronounce собирать and what this word means

собирать translation: gather. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce собирать

[səbʲɪˈratʲ]

собирать translation

gather

собирать examples

We gathered around the fire.

собирать transcription

[səbʲɪˈratʲ]

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собирать meaning: what does it mean?

собирать вместе людей или вещи в одном месте

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We gathered around the fire. Translation: Мы собрались вокруг костра.

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