No. 490 in Russian
ради
"For the sake of."
In a sentence
Я сделал это ради тебя.
I did it for your sake.
In this context, "ради" means "for the sake of" and is used to indicate that the action was performed to benefit someone specific.
Мы собрались здесь ради обсуждения важного вопроса.
We gathered here for the sake of discussing an important matter.
Here, "ради" expresses the purpose or reason for the gathering, showcasing its use to indicate the motivation behind an action.
Они сражались ради своей свободы.
They fought for their freedom.
In this sentence, "ради" signifies the noble cause or goal that motivates an effort or struggle.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “ради” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “ради” 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).