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оттаять

оттаять

Russian

Verb

отта́ять (ottájatʹ) pf (imperfective отта́ивать)

  1. to thaw out, let thaw out (transitive)
  2. to thaw out (intransitive)
  3. to thaw (out), melt, mellow, relax
    его сердце оттаялоjevo serdce ottajalo ― his heart melted
    с годами она оттаялаs godami ona ottajala ― she has mellowed over the years; the years have mellowed her

Conjugation

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