преобразовать

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣобразовати (prěobrazovati). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) + образова́ть (obrazovátʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪəbrəzɐˈvatʲ]

Verb

преобразова́ть • (preobrazovátʹ) impf or pf (imperfective преобразова́ть or преобразо́вывать)

  1. to transform (into), to turn (into), to reform (into), to reorganize (into, as)
    преобразова́ть дипломати́ческую ми́ссию в посо́льствоpreobrazovátʹ diplomatíčeskuju míssiju v posólʹstvoto raise/elevate a diplomatic mission to embassy rank
  2. (physics, mathematics) to transform (into), to convert (to)
  3. (informatics) to convert (to), to translate (into)

Usage notes

This verb can be used in the present/future tense as either imperfective or perfective, but in the past and imperative only as perfective.

Conjugation

imperfective

perfective

Synonyms

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