запрещать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic запрѣщати (zaprěštati). By surface analysis, запрет- (zapret-) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zəprʲɪˈɕːætʲ]
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Verb

запреща́ть • (zapreščátʹimpf (perfective запрети́ть)

  1. to forbid, to prohibit [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’; or with dative ‘someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’]
    Antonyms: позволя́ть (pozvoljátʹ), разреша́ть (razrešátʹ)

Conjugation