Questions & Answers about Заправка открыта до девяти вечера.
What does заправка mean here, and does it have other meanings?
In this sentence заправка most commonly means a gas station / filling station (short for заправочная станция).
It can also mean things like dressing (as in salad dressing) or refill (e.g., a refill of ink), depending on context, but with opening hours it strongly points to “gas station.”
Why is it открыта and not открыто or открытый?
Открыта is the short-form adjective (short form of открытый) and it agrees with заправка, which is feminine singular.
- feminine: заправка открыта
- neuter would be открыто (e.g., окно открыто)
- masculine would be открыт (e.g., магазин открыт)
The long form (открытая) is possible but sounds more like a descriptive adjective; for “is open/closed” Russian often prefers the short form.
Is there an implied verb like “is”? Why isn’t there a word for “is”?
Yes—Russian usually omits the present-tense “to be”. So Заправка открыта literally is “The gas station (is) open.”
(You’ll see есть rarely in this kind of sentence; it’s not needed.)