застала

found, caught (someone)

z ɐ s t a ɫ ə → застать

за behind; start + стал to find, catch (someone) + а feminine singular past tense

verb · feminine singular · past indicative Rare #34,378

found, caught (someone) Often used when someone arrives and finds a person in a certain place or in the middle of doing something.

RU: Она застала его дома.

EN: She found him at home.

Conjugation of застать

Indicative past

Glad I caught you.

— И твою маму тоже (2001)

The news of her pregnancy took her by surprise.

She caught him smoking a cigarette.

The news took Tom by surprise.

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