влезть

Russian

Etymology

в- (v-) +‎ лезть (leztʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vlʲesʲtʲ]
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Verb

влезть • (vleztʹpf (imperfective влеза́ть)

  1. to get into (something, also figurative), to climb into, to scramble into
    ско́лько вле́зетskólʹko vlézetas much as you like
    влезть в долги́vleztʹ v dolgíget into debts
    • 1928, Александр Беляев [Alexander Belyaev], “Часть первая. «Морской дьявол»”, in Человек-амфибия, Вокруг света; English translation from L. Kolesnikov, transl., The Amphibian, (Please provide a date or year):
      В не́сколько взма́хов инде́ец доплы́л до ло́дки, вы́ловил пла́вающее весло́ и влез в ло́дку.
      V néskolʹko vzmáxov indéjec doplýl do lódki, výlovil plávajuščeje vesló i vlez v lódku.
      A few powerful strokes brought the Indian alongside a boat. Picking up a floating oar he climbed into the boat.
  2. to fit in, to go in
  3. to meddle
    влезть не в своё де́лоvleztʹ ne v svojó déloto poke one's nose into other people's affairs; to pry
    влезть в ду́шуvleztʹ v dúšuto worm oneself into someone's confidence (to get into someone's soul)

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