преступать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣстѫпати (prěstǫpati), compare native переступа́ть (perestupátʹ). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ ступа́ть (stupátʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

преступа́ть • (prestupátʹimpf (perfective преступи́ть)

  1. to break, to infringe, to violate (laws, regulations, norms, etc.)
  2. to overstep, to transgress, to trespass

Conjugation