Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "newspaper" in Russian

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газета

Meaning: newspaper

Pronunciation: [guh-ZYEH-tah]

Part of speech: noun (feminine noun)

Rank: #430 (see frequency list)

Every day I read a newspaper during breakfast.
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Example sentences:

Какáя твоя́ люби́мая газéта?
What's your favorite newspaper?
Кáждый день за зáвтраком я читáю газéту.
Every day I read a newspaper during breakfast.
Каки́е газéты сáмые вáжные в Росси́и?
What newspapers are the most important in Russia?
Во вчерáшней газéте былá статья́ о пéнсиях.
In the yesterday's newspaper there was an article about pensions.
Посмóтрим, что пи́шут об э́том в газéтах.
Let's see what they write in newspapers about that.
Ты успéл подписáться на "Росси́йскую газéту"?
Did you have time to subscribe to "Rossiyskaya gazeta"?
Он фрилáнсер, пи́шет обзóры для рáзных газéт.
He's a freelancer, he writes reviews for different papers.
Где издаëтся э́та газéта?
Where is this newspaper published?
Ты читáл газéту от пéрвого мáя?
Have you read the 1st of May newspaper?
literal Have you read the newspaper from the 1st of May?
Да, с такóй влия́тельной газéтой не поспóришь.
Yes, you won't argue against such an influential newspaper.

Idioms and set expressions:

cегóдняшняя газéта = today's paper
вчерáшняя газéта = yesterday's paper
ежеднéвная газéта = daily paper
вечéрняя газéта = evening paper
подпи́ска на газéту = subscription to a newspaper
издавáть газéту = to publish a newspaper
распространя́ть газéту = to distribute newspapers
cтенгазéта = a wall newspaper
живáя газéта = gossip
literal live newspaper

Related words:

журнáл = magazine
газетëнка = bad quality newspaper, tabloid
газéтный = newspaper's

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	газе́та	газе́ты
Genitive	газе́ты	газе́т
Dative	газе́те	газе́там
Accusative	газе́ту	газе́ты
Instrumental	газе́той	газе́тами
Prepositional	газе́те	газе́тах

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