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Perfectiveispugat

испугать

to frighten, scare

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
пугатьfrighten, scare, intimidate
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
пугать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIиспугаю
  • тыyou (sg)испугаешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itиспугает
  • мыweиспугаем
  • выyou (pl)испугаете
  • ониtheyиспугают

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheиспугал
  • онаsheиспугала
  • оноitиспугало
  • ониtheyиспугали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

испугай

to a group / formal

испугайте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastиспугавший
  • Passive pastиспуганный
  • Adverbial (past)испугав

Used with#

  • + Acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Ты меня испугал!

    You scared me!

  • Гром испугал собаку.

    The thunder frightened the dog.

About this verb#

  • Prefixed perfective of пугать with the resultative prefix ис-. Class 1a -ать with fixed end-stress on -га- in the verb forms (испугаю, испугал). The passive participle испуганный has retracted stem stress on the prefix syllable; note the contrast with the future. Common pf alternative: напугать.

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