забить

to score, to hammer in, to stop caring, to give up on

z ɐ bʲ i tʲ

за begin, complete, or move into/behind + би to hit, to beat + ть Infinitive

verb Rare #38,998

to score Used for scoring a goal or point in a sport.

RU: Он может забить гол в последнюю минуту.

EN: He can score a goal in the last minute.

to hammer in Used for driving a nail or similar object into something.

RU: Нужно забить гвоздь в стену.

EN: We need to hammer a nail into the wall.

to stop caring, to give up on Colloquial; usually used with на + accusative: забить на что-то.

RU: Он решил забить на эту проблему.

EN: He decided to stop caring about this problem.

Conjugation of забить

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
Second	забей	—

Indicative past

забить

He desperately wanted to beat you to death and come at the same time.

— Дипломная работа (1996)

Let me slaughter the chicken.

— Вожделение (2007)

Great, then we can just forget about everything right now.

— Эксперимент 2: Волна (2008)

You have the ball, try to score a goal.

— Двойная страховка (1944)

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