залетать

Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ лета́ть (letátʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zəlʲɪˈtatʲ]

Verb

залета́ть • (zaletátʹimpf (perfective залете́ть)

  1. to fly (in, into)
  2. to fly (as high as), to go up (as far as), to fly (as far as), to fly (behind, beyond)
  3. to land (somewhere) on the way, to make a stopover (somewhere)
  4. (colloquial) to get into a fix, to get into a mess, to get something one doesn't want (e.g. contract a sexually transmitted disease or become pregnant)

Conjugation

Verb

залета́ть • (zaletátʹpf

  1. (colloquial) to begin to fly

Conjugation