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Learn Hardcore Russian: впустую - in vain

Hardcore Russian
/Lesson 112
/впустую

впустую

Word

впустую

Meaning

in vain

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Russian

Lesson

Usages of впустую

Если спорить о пустяках, вечер пройдёт впустую.

If you argue about trifles, the evening will be wasted.

Мы ждали автобуса впустую, потому что он не приехал.

We waited for the bus in vain because it did not come.

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