полутора

This is the 5546th most frequent Russian word.


полутора

"Полутора" means "one and a half" in English.


The word 'полутора' is used in the genitive case of masculine nouns following the notion of 'one and a half'.

Мы гуляли около полутора часов.

We walked for about one and a half hours.


Here, 'полутора' is used in the genitive case of a plural noun to denote the duration of time.

Я прочитал книгу за полутора дня.

I read the book in one and a half days.


This context humorously uses 'полутора' to indicate an incomplete or fractional quantitative value.

К нашей группе присоединился человек с полутора собаками.

A person with one and a half dogs joined our group.