No. 12,035 in Russian
знакомые
"Acquaintances."
In a sentence
Я встретил своих старых знакомых на выставке.
I met my old acquaintances at the exhibition.
The word 'знакомые' is used in the meaning of 'acquaintances', indicating people the speaker knows but might not have close relationships with.
Пойдём на ужин, там будут мои знакомые.
Let's go to dinner, my acquaintances will be there.
Here 'знакомые' again refers to acquaintances, implying individuals familiar to the speaker who are part of a social gathering.
Мы были знакомыми на протяжении долгого времени, но сейчас уже не общаемся.
We were acquaintances for a long time, but now we don't communicate anymore.
In this sentence, 'знакомые' denotes an established, yet not necessarily close, relationship that existed over a period of time but has since ceased.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “знакомые” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “знакомые” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).