затягиваться

Russian

Etymology

затя́гивать (zatjágivatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐˈtʲæɡʲɪvət͡sə]
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Verb

затя́гиваться • (zatjágivatʹsjaimpf (perfective затяну́ться)

  1. to be tightened, to jam
  2. to grow overcast
  3. (medicine) to skin over, to heal (of wounds)
    ра́на затя́гиваласьrána zatjágivalasʹthe wound was skinning over / the wound was closing
  4. to be delayed, to be dragged out
  5. to inhale (cigarette, cigar, smoking pipe)
  6. passive of затя́гивать (zatjágivatʹ)

Conjugation