Russian Word of the Day

Враг is the Russian word for enemy. Try it out loud, it even sounds tough!

Правда ли, что кошка и собака враги?
Is it true that cats and dogs are enemies?

Вот видишь, они враги.
See? They are enemies.

Both Russian and English have plenty of sayings about enemies. One that comes to my mind is “Man is his own worst enemy.”

There is a similar Russian saying: Тот дурак, кто сам себе враг. How foolish it is to be your own enemy.

Peter Parker was his own enemy in Spiderman 3; the caption reads “Spider Man, the enemy in the reflection”:

A couple of plural uses for our word are:

Вам нужно прощать врагов.
You need to forgive your enemies.

Не трать своё время на врагов.
Don't waste your time on enemies.

As I was looking through pictures with the theme "enemy," I came across this old Russian poster. The slogan reads: "Our cause is just, the enemy will be broken."