No. 13,405 in Russian
назревали
"Назревали" means "were maturing" or "were brewing" in English, often indicating something developing or approaching completion (e.g., a situation or process).
In a sentence
В воздухе назревали перемены.
Changes were brewing in the air.
Nazrevali in this sentence implies that changes were building up gradually, signaling an approaching shift.
Конфликты назревали из-за недопонимания.
Conflicts were brewing due to misunderstandings.
Nazrevali here refers to conflicts beginning to form and intensify over time, leading toward imminent consequences.
Назревали идеи для нового проекта.
Ideas for a new project were forming.
In this example, nazrevali demonstrates the process of ideas developing or taking shape over a period.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “назревали” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “назревали” 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).