продувать

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проду́ть (prodútʹ) +‎ -ва́ть (-vátʹ)

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продува́ть (produvátʹimpf (perfective проду́ть)

  1. to clean by blowing, to blow clean
  2. (impersonal) to cause to catch a cold from the wind
    его́ продува́ет сквозняко́мjevó produvájet skvoznjakómhe is catching a cold from the draft
  3. (figurative, colloquial) to lose (in sports or gambling)
  4. (also impersonal) to blow through
    ветеро́к продува́л ко́мнатуveterók produvál kómnatuthe breeze was blowing through the room
    ко́мнату продува́ло ветерко́мkómnatu produválo veterkómthe breeze was blowing through the room

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