No. 11,702 in Russian
забывал
"Forgot" or "was forgetting" (past tense, masculine singular).
In a sentence
Когда я был ребёнком, я постоянно забывал о домашних заданиях.
When I was a child, I constantly forgot about my homework.
In this sentence, "забывал" is used to indicate a repeated or habitual action in the past, showing how the person regularly forgot something.
Он так нервничал перед экзаменом, что забывал все формулы.
He was so nervous before the exam that he forgot all the formulas.
Here, "забывал" expresses a pattern of forgetting due to nervousness, emphasizing the cause of forgetting.
Я несколько раз забывал пароль от своего аккаунта.
I forgot the password to my account several times.
In this context, "забывал" illustrates sporadic and multiple occurrences of forgetting within a context or timeframe.
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