No. 1,106 in Russian
спустя
"Спустя" means "after" or "later" (indicating the passage of time).
In a sentence
Я получил письмо спустя неделю.
I received the letter after a week.
Here, "спустя" indicates a time interval after a certain moment, showing when the event occurred.
Спустя два года, они решили вернуться.
After two years, they decided to return.
In this sentence, "спустя" points to a time duration after a starting point, leading to a subsequent event.
Мы встретились вновь спустя долгое время.
We met again after a long time.
The usage of "спустя" here signifies the passage of a long period between two occurrences.
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