наркотики
narkotiki
In Russian, the word for drugs is наркотики (narkotiki).
наркотики is the most common and general term for drugs in Russian and is used in official discussions, medical contexts and legal discourse. To say one 'takes' drugs, you can use the phrase принимать наркотики, while the more formal verb употреблять is used to mean 'to consume' or 'to use' drugs.
Which one should you use?
While наркотики refers to illegal substances, you should not confuse it with лекарства, which means medicines or pharmaceuticals. For more specific contexts, Психотропные вещества refers specifically to psychotropic substances and Запрещённые вещества refers to prohibited substances, often in legal discussions.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of the word is наркотик.
How do you pronounce it?
narkotiki
Did you know?
- In Russian, the verb торчать meaning 'to stick out' is used as slang for being high or addicted to наркотики.
- In Russian slang, the word вещества meaning 'substances' is often used as a euphemism for наркотики to avoid the heavy legal or moral connotations of the formal word.
- The Russian word for drug addiction, наркомания, shares a root with 'mania'. This frames the condition as a psychological obsession rather than just a physical dependency.
Examples in context
- Я не принимаю наркотики.I don't do drugs.This sentence is useful for saying you do not do drugs using наркотики.Tatoeba #5504916 by odexed, translation #2271831 by CK
- Том подсел на наркотики.Tom got hooked on drugs.This sentence is useful for saying someone got hooked on drugs using наркотики.Tatoeba #10142245 by Wezel, translation #10122173 by ddnktr
- Я не употребляю наркотики.I don't take drugs.Tatoeba #5556596 by marafon, translation #2271922 by CK
- Существует постоянная борьба с распространением наркотиков в нашем обществе.There is an ongoing fight against drug distribution in our society.
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Example conversation
Sergey and Anastasia are discussing a crime news report.
- Сергей SergeyТы видела новости про наркотики?Ty videla novosti pro narkotiki?Did you see the news about drugs?
- Анастасия AnastasiaНет, а что там случилось?Net, a chto tam sluchilos'?No, what happened there?
- Сергей SergeyПолиция нашла склад, где хранили наркотики.Politsiya nashla sklad, gde khranili narkotiki.The police found a warehouse where they kept drugs.
- Анастасия AnastasiaЭто очень опасная ситуация.Eto ochen' opasnaya situatsiya.That is a very dangerous situation.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
