No. 5,558 in Russian
попадает
"Попадает" means "gets into" or "falls into."
In a sentence
Мяч часто попадает в ворота.
The ball often ends up in the goal.
Here, 'попадает' means 'ends up' or 'gets into', referring to the ball successfully reaching the goal.
Он всегда попадает в неприятности.
He always gets into trouble.
In this sentence, 'попадает' describes getting into an undesirable situation, specifically trouble.
Она редко попадает на встречи вовремя.
She rarely arrives at meetings on time.
Here, 'попадает' is used to mean 'arrives at' a specific location in the context of timing.
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