No. 16,946 in Russian
соперник
Rival.
In a sentence
На соревновании мой соперник показал выдающиеся результаты.
At the competition, my rival showed outstanding results.
Here 'соперник' refers to an individual competing against the speaker in the context of a competition.
Соперник в шахматах оказался очень сильным игроком.
The opponent in the chess game turned out to be a very strong player.
In this sentence, 'соперник' describes someone directly opposing the speaker in a chess game.
Мой соперник на выборах предложил интересную программу.
My adversary in the elections proposed an interesting program.
In this case, 'соперник' denotes a political opponent vying for a position in an election.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “соперник” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “соперник” 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).