спотворити
Ukrainian
Etymology
From с- (s-) + потво́рити (potvóryty).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [spɔtˈwɔrete]
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Verb
спотво́рити • (spotvóryty) pf (imperfective спотво́рювати) (transitive)
- to contort, to deface, to deform, to disfigure, to distort, to mangle, to mutilate, to uglify (change the appearance of something/someone to the negative)
- to mar, to spoil
- (figuratively) to distort (give a false or misleading account of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of спотво́рити, спотво́рить (class 4a, perfective, transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | спотво́рити, спотво́рить spotvóryty, spotvórytʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | спотво́рений spotvórenyj impersonal: спотво́рено spotvóreno |
| adverbial | — | спотво́ривши spotvóryvšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я | — | спотво́рю spotvórju |
| 2nd singular ти | — | спотво́риш spotvóryš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно | — | спотво́рить spotvórytʹ |
| 1st plural ми | — | спотво́рим, спотво́римо spotvórym, spotvórymo |
| 2nd plural ви | — | спотво́рите spotvóryte |
| 3rd plural вони | — | спотво́рять spotvórjatʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | спотво́рмо spotvórmo |
| second-person | спотво́р spotvór | спотво́рте spotvórte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він | спотво́рив spotvóryv | спотво́рили spotvóryly |
| feminine я / ти / вона | спотво́рила spotvóryla | |
| neuter воно | спотво́рило spotvórylo | |
Synonyms
- (distort (literally and figuratively)): перекрути́ти pf (perekrutýty)
- (mutilate): покалі́чити pf (pokalíčyty), скалі́чити pf (skalíčyty)
- (mutilate, spoil, distort (figuratively)): зні́вечити pf (znívečyty), поні́вечити pf (ponívečyty)
- (mar, spoil): зіпсува́ти pf (zipsuváty)
Derived terms
- спотво́рення n (spotvórennja)
- спотво́ритися pf (spotvórytysja)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “спотворити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “спотворити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “спотворити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “спотворити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “спотворити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “спотворити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)