уповать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оупъвати (upŭvati), from Proto-Slavic *upъvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊpɐˈvatʲ]

Verb

упова́ть • (upovátʹimpf

  1. (literary, poetic) to hope (for), to set one's hopes (upon) [with на (na, + accusative) ‘something/someone’]

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