Russian-English translations for писа́ть

• compose
  The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
  A church is composed of its members.
  The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
• paint
  The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
  I am running low on paint for my marker.
  to paint a portrait or a landscape
• pen
  There are two steers in the third pen
  They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again
  Two righties are up in the pen
• write
  The pupil wrote his name on the paper
  Your son has been writing on the wall
  My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald