Russian-English dictionary

Russian for beginners

These are basic Russian words - about one thousand of them:

Russian to English


  • ya I
  • ty you
  • vy you
  • on he
  • ona she
  • oni they
  • ono it
  • zhit' live
  • spat' sleep
  • lyubit' like
  • lyublyu love
  • gde where
  • kogda when
  • tam there
  • tut here
  • vezde everywhere
  • vse all
  • ves' all
  • vsya all
  • hleb bread
  • zhizn' life
  • rabota work
  • lyubov' love
  • schast'e happiness
  • schastlivyj happy
  • horoshij good
  • plohoj bad
  • privet Hi
  • zdravstvuj hello
  • proschaj bye
  • do svidan'ya goodbye
  • ochen' very
  • moloko milk
  • ryba fish
  • koshka cat
  • sobaka dog
  • korova cow
  • osel donkey
  • kozel goat
  • ptitsa bird
  • zmeya snake
  • yascheritsa lizard
  • cherepaha tortouse
  • lev lion
  • devochka girl
  • devushka girl
  • muzhchina man
  • zhenschina woman
  • spasibo thanks
  • pozhalujsta please
  • pojdem go
  • idem go
  • idti go
  • stoyat' stand
  • lezhat' lie
  • prygat' jump
  • hodit' walk
  • otkryt' open
  • okno window
  • krysha roof
  • stena wall
  • potolok ceiling
  • cherdak attic
  • moloko milk
  • doroga road
  • znak sign
  • metro Metro
  • trollejbus trolley-bus
  • mashina machine
  • avtobus bus
  • tramvaj tram
  • avtomobil' car
  • zhivu live
  • zhivet lives
  • zhivut live
  • zhitel' inhabitant
  • grazhdanin citizen
  • pit' drink
  • est' eat
  • hotet' want
  • prosit' beg
  • proshu beg
  • prosit begs
  • prosyat beg
  • sprashivat' ask
  • mozhno may
  • mogu can
  • mogut can
  • mozhet can
  • vozmozhno possibly
  • abrikos apricot
  • absurd absurd
  • avariya crash
  • avos' maybe
  • nehaj letitbe
  • fig ...butusedveryoften:)
  • avtor author
  • ad hell
  • raj paradise
  • dusha soul
  • Bog God
  • smert' death
  • spasenie salvation
  • akter actor
  • akula shark
  • aktsent accent
  • govorit' speak
  • molchat' besilent
  • sheptat' whisper
  • ostanovit'sya stop
  • ostanovit' stop
  • akkuratnyj accurate
  • almaz diamond
  • goluboj light-blue
  • zheltyj yellow
  • sinij blue
  • chernyj black
  • zelenyj green
  • krasnyj red
  • belyj white
  • oranzhevyj orange
  • fioletovyj violet
  • alkogol' alcohol
  • vodka vodka
  • pivo beer
  • vino wine
  • voda water
  • spirt spirit
  • kon'yak cognac
  • liker liquor
  • sok juice
  • kvas ...kwass
  • al'bom album
  • alyuminij aluminium
  • med' copper
  • stal' steel
  • zhelezo iron
  • nikel' nikel
  • svinets lead
  • dom house
  • rodina motherland
  • strana country
  • gorod city
  • derevnya village
  • vozduh air
  • kislorod oxygen
  • vodorod hydrogen
  • azot nitrogen
  • alchnyj avid
  • zhadnyj greedy
  • zloj malice
  • zlaya wicked
  • zlye wicked
  • antenna anten
  • apparat apparat
  • arab Arab
  • evrej Jew
  • russkij Russian
  • anglichanin Englishman
  • amerikanets American
  • amerikanskij American
  • frantsuz Frenchman
  • arka arch
  • arbuz water-melon
  • dynya melon
  • yabloko apple
  • grusha pear
  • persik peach
  • vinograd grape
  • morkov' carrot
  • kartoshka potato
  • osetr sturgeon
  • losos' salmon
  • schuka pike
  • okun' perch
  • apel'sin orange
  • banan banana
  • ananas pineapple
  • argument argument
  • apteka drugstore
  • vrach doctor
  • lechit' cure
  • lechit'sya cure
  • bolet' beill
  • bol'noj ill
  • glupyj foolish
  • umnyj clever
  • obychnyj ordinary
  • srednij average
  • ochen' very
  • sovsem atall
  • nikogda never
  • vsegda always
  • togda then
  • potom after
  • sejchas now
  • zdes' here
  • tam there
  • tut here
  • gde where
  • kak how
  • kogda when
  • zachem whatfor
  • pochemu why
  • aeroport airport
  • vokzal station
  • aerodrom airport
  • pistolet pistol
  • ruzh'e rifle
  • avtomat machine-gun
  • nozh knife
  • vilka fork
  • lozhka spoon
  • stol table
  • stul chair
  • krovat' bed
  • pol floor
  • polka shelf
  • shkaf wardrobe
  • kartina picture
  • hudozhnik artist
  • astronom astronom
  • uchitel' teacher
  • uchit' teach
  • znat' know
  • pomnit' remember
  • vspominat' remember
  • vspomnit' remember
  • zabyt' forget
  • zabyvat' forget
  • zabyl forgot
  • zabyla forgot
  • samolet airplane
  • letat' fly
  • letit flies
  • letel flied
  • leteli flied
  • plyt' swim
  • plavat' swim
  • plyvet swim(he)
  • plyvut swim(they)
  • prygat' jump
  • prygayut jump
  • baba woman(folk)
  • muzhik man(folk)
  • chelovek human
  • rebenok kid
  • mal'chik boy
  • starik oldman
  • starushka oldwoman
  • mladenets baby
  • babushka grandmother
  • dedushka grandfather
  • zhena wife
  • muzh husband
  • doch' daughter
  • syn son
  • sestra sister
  • brat brother
  • plemyannik nephew
  • tetya aunt
  • dyadya uncle
  • plemyannitsa niece
  • babochka butterfly
  • muha fly
  • pchela honey-bee
  • shmel' bee
  • tarakan cockroach
  • zhuk beetle
  • osa wasp
  • chervyak snail
  • klop bug
  • bagazh baggage
  • vesch' thing
  • veschi things
  • delo affair
  • dela affairs
  • delat' do
  • stroit' build
  • lomat' break
  • razrushat' destroy
  • slomat' break
  • slomannyj broken
  • ubit' kill
  • ubivat' kill
  • rezat' cut
  • otrezat' cutoff
  • razrezat' cut
  • zalezt' getinto
  • zalezat' getinto
  • popast' getinto
  • upast' fall
  • bol' pain
  • bol'no painful
  • bak can
  • dacha dacha
  • telefon phone
  • televizor TVset
  • priemnik receiver
  • radiopriemnik radio
  • banda gang
  • bandit gangster
  • bandity gangsters
  • ubijtsa killer
  • ubijtsy killers
  • banka can
  • kruzhka mug
  • stakan glass
  • chashka cup
  • tarelka plate
  • bednyj poor
  • bednost' poverty
  • bogatyj rich
  • bogatstvo wealth
  • biznesmen businessman
  • torgovets trader
  • voennyj militery
  • ofitser officer
  • soldat soldier
  • voin fighter
  • voevat' fight
  • drat'sya fight
  • ssorit'sya quarrel
  • mirit'sya makepeace
  • zemlya ground
  • trava grass
  • derevo tree
  • kust bush
  • reka river
  • ozero lake
  • prud pond
  • ruchej kreek
  • gora mountain
  • nebo sky
  • sneg snow
  • led ice
  • dozhd' rain
  • solntse sun
  • luna moon
  • veter wind
  • zhara heat
  • zharko hot
  • goryachij hot
  • holodnyj cold
  • ledyanoj icy
  • ruka hand
  • noga leg
  • golova head
  • plecho shoulder
  • palets finger
  • beda trouble
  • ploho bad
  • baraban drum
  • baran ram
  • dver' door
  • ruchka handle
  • derzhat' hold
  • davat' give
  • brat' take
  • vzyat' get
  • sprosit' ask
  • prosit' ask
  • bezhat' run
  • ubegat' runaway
  • bez without
  • s with
  • na on
  • pri within
  • kogda when
  • kem withwhom
  • kto who
  • chto what
  • gde where
  • polet flight
  • letat' fly
  • padat' fall
  • upast' fall
  • sprashivat' ask
  • moch' beable
  • mogu can(I)
  • mozhet can(he/she)
  • byt' be
  • budet willbe
  • byl was
  • byla was(she)
  • byli were
  • bylo was(it)
  • davno longtimeago
  • nedavno notalongtimeago
  • vchera yesterday
  • segodnya today
  • zavtra tomorrow
  • poslezavtra dayaftertomorrow
  • noch' night
  • den' day
  • noch'yu bynight
  • nochnoj nocturnal
  • dnem byday
  • utro morning
  • utrom inthemorning
  • vecher evening
  • vecherom intheevening
  • svet light
  • temnota darkness
  • svetlo light
  • svetlyj light
  • temnyj dark
  • polosatyj stripped
  • gladkij smooth
  • veselyj merry
  • smeshnoj funny
  • smeshno funny
  • horosho well
  • Moskva Moscow
  • Leningrad Leningrad
  • Peterburg Petersburg
  • Penza Penza
  • Tula Tula
  • Astrahan' Astrakhan
  • Hovgorod Novgorod
  • durak fool
  • umnyj clever
  • est' is
  • zhenskij female
  • muzhskoj male
  • vkus taste
  • vkusno tasty
  • vkusnyj tasty
  • skala rock
  • zvezda star
  • kosmos cosmos
  • raketa rocket
  • sputnik sattelite
  • belka squirrel
  • volk wolf
  • lisa fox
  • sobaka dog
  • koshka cat
  • kuritsa chicken
  • tsyplenok chicken
  • petuh cock
  • gus' goose
  • gusynya goose
  • indyushka turkey
  • koza goat(female)
  • les wood
  • pole field
  • zemlya earth
  • pustynya desert
  • pesok sand
  • zvonok ring
  • zvonit' call
  • faks fax
  • komp'yuter computer
  • personal'nyj personal
  • moj my
  • ee her
  • ego his
  • ih their
  • chuzhoj alien
  • inostranets foreigner
  • Rossiya Russia
  • Rus' Russ
  • Amerika America
  • nachalo beginning
  • nachinat' begin
  • konets end
  • beskonechnyj endless
  • poslednij last
  • pervyj first
  • vtoroj second
  • tretij third
  • chetvertyj fourth
  • pyatyj fifth
  • shestoj sixth
  • sed'moj seventh
  • vos'moj eighth
  • devyatyj nineth
  • desyatyj tenth
  • odinadtsatyj eleventh
  • dvenadtsatyj twelweth
  • trinadtsatyj thirteenth
  • chetyrnadtsatyj fourteenth
  • pyatnadtsatyj fifteenth
  • shestnadtsatyj sixteenth
  • semnadtsatyj seventeenth
  • vosemnadtsatyj eighteenth
  • devyatnadtsatyj nineteenth
  • dvadtsatyj twelweth
  • odin one
  • dva two
  • tri three
  • chetyre four
  • pyat' five
  • shest' six
  • sem' seven
  • vosem' eight
  • devyat' nine
  • desyat' ten
  • odinadtsat' eleven
  • dvenadtsat' twelve
  • trinadtsat' thirteen
  • chetyrnadtsat' fourteen
  • pyatnadtsat' fifteen
  • shestnadtsat' sixteen
  • semnadtsat' seventeen
  • vosemnadtsat' eighteen
  • devyatnadtsat' nineteen
  • dvadtsat' twenty
  • tridtsat' thirty
  • sorok forty
  • pyat'desyat fifty
  • shest'desyat sixty
  • sem'desyat seventy
  • vosem'desyat eighty
  • devyanosto ninety
  • sto hundred
  • dvesti twohundred
  • trista threehundred
  • chetyresta fourhundred
  • pyat'sot fivehundred
  • shest'sot sixhundred
  • sem'sot sevenhundred
  • vosem'sot eighthundred
  • devyat'sot ninehundred
  • tysyacha thousand
  • million million
  • milliard billion
  • trillion trillion
  • bespokoit' worry
  • spokojnyj calm
  • bespokojnyj un-steady
  • sueta fuss
  • suetlivyj fussy
  • bespechnyj careless
  • ostorozhnyj careful
  • svobodnyj free
  • nichto nothing
  • nichego nothing
  • nikogo nobody
  • nikto nobody
  • nekto someone
  • kto-to someone
  • gde-to somewhere
  • kak-to somehow
  • potomu so
  • poetomu so
  • tak so
  • poskol'ku as
  • hochu want
  • hotet' want
  • chto what
  • kto who
  • papa father
  • mama mother
  • bespoleznyj useless
  • bestolkovyj useless
  • tupoj stupid
  • tupitsa stupid
  • styd shame
  • stydno ashamed
  • besstydnyj shameless
  • besstyzhij shameless
  • bestsvetnyj colorless
  • tsvet color
  • tsveta colors
  • tsvetnoj colorful
  • krasit' paint
  • krashenyj painted
  • okrasheno painted
  • biblioteka library
  • bilet ticket
  • bit' beat
  • bitva battle
  • blizkij close(friend)
  • blizko near
  • ryadom near
  • skoro soon
  • neskoro notsoon
  • vsegda always
  • togda then
  • kogda when
  • vspyshka flash
  • gaz gas
  • steklo glass
  • balkon balcony
  • benzin gasoline
  • maslo oil
  • bloknot notebook
  • bloha flea
  • muha fly
  • beschelovechnyj inhumane
  • vojna war
  • mir peace
  • menyat' change
  • izmeneniya changes
  • izmenenie change
  • vdrug suddenly
  • vnezapno abruptly
  • vnezapnyj abrupt
  • blyudo dish
  • myaso meat
  • sous sauce
  • perets pepper
  • luk onion
  • chesnok garlic
  • bob bean
  • bogatstvo wealth
  • boks box
  • bok side
  • bokovoj side
  • perednij frontal
  • pered front
  • zad back
  • zadnij rear
  • dvor yard
  • zabor fence
  • bol'she more
  • men'she less
  • bojkij lively
  • bol'nitsa hospital
  • boloto swamp
  • glavnyj main
  • prostoj simple
  • bomba bomb
  • patron cartridge
  • bombardirovschik bomber
  • boroda beard
  • usy moustache
  • volosy hair
  • zont umbrella
  • uho ear
  • ushi ears
  • glaza eyes
  • glaz eye
  • nos nose
  • nozdri nostrils
  • nozdrya nostril
  • podborodok chin
  • sheya neck
  • spina back
  • brod ford
  • bred delirium
  • brevno log
  • brodyaga tramp
  • bronza bronze
  • bronya armour
  • tank tank
  • bukva character
  • pis'mo letter
  • ruchka pen
  • karandash pencil
  • budit' wakeup
  • prosnut'sya awake
  • vstal getup
  • sel sat
  • sadit'sya sit
  • sidet' sit
  • lozhit'sya lie
  • lezhat' lie
  • spat' sleep
  • buduschee future
  • proshloe past
  • nastoyaschij real
  • bol'shoj big
  • malen'kij small
  • korova cow
  • bujvol buffalo
  • bulavka pin
  • igolka needle
  • nozhnitsy scissors
  • klej adhesive
  • bumaga paper
  • kniga book
  • gazeta newspaper
  • zhurnal magazine
  • bryuki trousers
  • plat'e dress
  • shapka hat
  • botinki boots
  • botinok boot
  • noski socks
  • nosok sock
  • budit' wake
  • iskra spark
  • iskry sparks
  • hlopchatobumazhnyjcotton
  • bumazhnik wallet
  • den'gi money
  • moneta coin
  • monety coins
  • drel' drill
  • gvozd' nail
  • buhgalter acountant
  • buhgalteriya book-keeping
  • schitat' count
  • kal'kulyator calculator
  • buterbrod sandwich
  • kolbasa sausage
  • sosiska sausage
  • shtorm storm
  • byk bull
  • zherebets stallion
  • byuro bureau
  • ofis office
  • byurokrat bureaucrat
  • nachal'nik chief
  • rabotnik worker
  • rabotat' work
  • rabotayu work(I)
  • rabotniki workers
  • byudzhet budget
  • v in
  • vagon vagon
  • vaza vase
  • tsvetok flower
  • tsvety flowers
  • smotret' look
  • videt' see
  • vizhu see
  • vmeste together
  • dumat' think
  • dumayu think
  • ideya idea
  • mysl' thought
  • mysli thoughts
  • moj my
  • moya my
  • moe my
  • moi my
  • ee her
  • ih their
  • ego his
  • verno true
  • pravil'no correct
  • pravyj right
  • levyj left
  • napravo totheright
  • nalevo totheleft
  • pryamo forward
  • nazad back
  • vpered forward
  • povorachivat' turn
  • povernut' turn
  • vera faith
  • verblyud camel
  • vernut' return
  • vozvraschat' return
  • vozvraschat'sya return
  • obratno back
  • navernoe probably
  • vernyj correct
  • pravil'nyj right
  • pravil'no correct
  • vertikal'nyj vertical
  • veteran veteran
  • staryj old
  • novyj new
  • vertolet helicopter
  • strelyat' shoot
  • strelyayu shoot
  • strelyaet shoots
  • strelyayut shoot
  • strelyal shooted
  • strelyali shooted
  • strelyala shooted
  • ves' entire
  • vse all
  • vetv' branch
  • vetka branch
  • vertet' turn
  • povernut' turn
  • povorachivat' turn
  • pozvolit' let
  • davajte let's
  • ves weight
  • vesit weights
  • vetchina ham
  • sumasshedshij crazy
  • bezumnyj mad
  • dyshat' breathe
  • dyshit breathes
  • dyshat breathe
  • dyshish' breathe
  • vizit visit
  • vintovka rifle
  • vishnya cherry
  • kratko briefly
  • korotkij short
  • dlinnyj long
  • vovlech' involve
  • vovlekat' involve
  • vovlechennyj involved
  • mokryj wet
  • suhoj dry
  • lider leader
  • vozhd' leader
  • krichat' shout
  • krichit cries
  • krichal cried
  • krichali cried
  • vojska troops
  • volshebnyj magic
  • volshebnik wizard
  • feya fairy
  • skazka fairytale
  • skazki fairytales
  • okolo near
  • vozle near
  • vokrug around
  • voobrazhat' imagine
  • voobrazhayu imagine
  • voobrazhaet imagines
  • oruzhie weapon
  • vorobej sparrow
  • vorona crow
  • vorota gate
  • vorotnik collar
  • vorotnichok collar
  • vosk wax
  • voskresen'e Sunday
  • ponedel'nik Monday
  • vtornik Tuesday
  • sreda Wednesday
  • chetverg Thursday
  • pyatnitsa Friday
  • subbota Saturday
  • prazdnik holiday
  • vyhodnoj holiday
  • rabochij worker
  • inzhener engineer
  • krest'yanin peasant
  • fermer farmer
  • ferma farm
  • pole field
  • vor thief
  • vorovat' steal
  • ukrast' steal
  • ukral stole
  • ukradennyj stolen
  • pomnit' remember
  • vzorvat' explode
  • vzorvat'sya explode
  • pet' sing
  • plyasat' dance
  • tantsevat' dance
  • kurit' smoke
  • sigareta cigarette
  • sigarety cigarettes
  • sigara cigar
  • sigary cigars
  • pachka pack
  • pachki packs
  • korobka box
  • korobki boxes
  • zhestyanka tin
  • fol'ga foil
  • banka can
  • vostok East
  • sever North
  • yug South
  • yuzhnyj southern
  • zapad West
  • zapadnyj western
  • vostorg delight
  • voshod sunrise
  • vverh up
  • vniz down
  • nazad back
  • vstupit' enter
  • tabak tobacco
  • list leaf
  • vyglyadet' looklike
  • vyglyadit lookslike
  • vyglyadyat looklike
  • platit' pay
  • oplata payment
  • zarplata salary
  • prodavat' sell
  • pokupat' buy
  • pokupayu buy
  • pokupaet buys
  • pokupayut buy
  • prodayu sell
  • prodaet sells
  • prodayut sell
  • dobavit' add
  • pribavit' add
  • umnozhenie miltiplication
  • delenie division
  • dolya share
  • chast' part
  • tselyj whole
  • obschij common
  • vyazat' knit
  • gadat' guess
  • otgadyvat' guess
  • galereya gallery
  • arka arch
  • garazh garage
  • garantirovat' guarantee
  • garantiruyu guarantee
  • garantiruyut guarantee
  • general general
  • general'nyj general
  • bazovyj basic
  • baza base
  • mishen' target
  • nuzhno needed
  • nuzhdat'sya need
  • nuzhen needed
  • genij genius
  • geroj hero
  • glava head
  • glubina depth
  • globus globe
  • glotka throat
  • zhivot stomach
  • zheludok stomach
  • glupost' foolishness
  • gluhoj deaf
  • slepoj blind
  • nemoj dumb
  • gluhota deafness
  • slepota blindness
  • glush' wildplace
  • glyadet' look
  • gnezdo nest
  • gnet yoke
  • gniloj rotten
  • gnienie rotten
  • golod hunger
  • golodnyj hungry
  • golyj naked
  • gornyj mountain
  • goroh pea
  • gostinitsa hotel
  • granata grenade
  • grabezh robbery
  • gosudarstvo state
  • shtat state
  • gradus degree
  • grazhdanin citizen
  • granit granite
  • granitsa border
  • rascheska comb
  • grob coffin
  • ugroza threat
  • grusha pear
  • guba lip
  • guby lips
  • gruppa group
  • grustnyj sad
  • gubit' ruin
  • gruzit' load
  • grud' chest
  • grubyj coarse
  • davit' press
  • dazhe even
  • data date
  • dvojnoj double
  • bliznetsy twins
  • dvizhenie movement
  • dvigat' move
  • dvigat'sya move
  • dvorets palace
  • dvojnya twins
  • delit' divide
  • etazh floor
  • den' day
  • deti children
  • deshevyj cheap
  • deshevo cheaply
  • dlina length
  • do until
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