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brać

//ˈbrat͡ɕ/ | /ˈbrat͡ɕ/ | /ˈbrat͡ɕ/ | /ˈbrat͡ɕ/ | /ˈbrat͡ɕ//
Polishverbnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to take (to grab with the hands)
  2. 2.
    to take (grabbing with one's hands, to place somewhere)
  3. 3.
    to take in (to agree to take care of)
  4. 4.
    to take (to allow to join)
  5. 5.
    to take (to ensure that one has something with them when they depart)
  6. 6.
    to take, to charge (to ask for or demand a certain amount of money for something)
  7. 7.
    to take (to have temporarily, e.g. a room at a hotel)
  8. 8.
    to take (to hire a particular person for a job or task)
  9. 9.
    to take; to get (to gain from a particular source, e.g. a resource)
    • brać pomysł

      to get an idea

  10. 10.
    to take, to take away (to deprive of)
  11. 11.
    to take (to force someone to go somewhere, e.g. to the police)
  12. 12.
    to take (to ingest e.g. medicine)
  13. 13.
    to take (to conquer, to gain e.g. a city)
  14. 14.
    to take (to consider someone or something to be something, especially unfairly)
  15. 15.
    to get someone to do something (to convince someone to taking a particular action)
  16. 16.
    to take; to get (as a light verb, to be the performer or subject of an action)
    • brać prysznic

      to take a shower

    • brać masaż

      to get a massage

    • brać ślub

      to get married

  17. 17.
    to take (to appear in someone's body or psyche)
  18. 18.
    to bite; to take (to attach to a hook on a rod; to be caught)
  19. 19.
    to take on (to accept a position or function)
  20. 20.
    to take (to defeat someone or something)
  21. 21.
    to put on (to begin wearing some article of clothing)
  22. 22.
    to build up
  23. 23.
    to get (to understand somehow)
  24. 24.
    to take (to get hit)
  25. 25.
    to take after, to get from (to inherit some traits)
  26. 26.
    to take, to choose, to select
  27. 27.
    to take oneself (to grab oneself by something)
  28. 28.
    to take each other (to grab each other by something)
  29. 29.
    to get to (to begin to do some activity)
    • brać się do roboty

      to get to work

  30. 30.
    to be convinced (to allow oneself to be convinced to doing something)
  31. 31.
    vulgarto take (to have sexual relations with a woman)
  32. 32.
    colloquialto take (to pass on the road while driving)
  33. 33.
    colloquialto take (to interest, to grab someone's attention)
  34. 34.
    colloquialto take on (to begin to deal intensively with matters related to a specific person)
  35. 35.
    colloquialto come from (to have a source from)
  36. 36.
    obsoleteto be deceived
  37. 37.
    obsoleteto get to (to arrive, to go to)
  38. 38.
    colloquialto get the urge, to get a hankering (to feel a strong need or want to do something to the point where one cannot help themself)
  39. 39.
    datedcompany; band (group of people associating with each other)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish brać. Cognate with English bear.

Forms

  • wziąćperfective
  • braćinfinitive
  • biorępresent • singular
  • bierzemyplural • present
  • bierzeszpresent • singular
  • bierzecieplural • present
  • bierzepresent • singular • third-person
  • biorąplural • present • third-person
  • bierze sięimpersonal • present
  • brałemmasculine • past • singular
  • -(e)m brałmasculine • past • singular
  • brałamfeminine • past • singular
  • -(e)m brałafeminine • past • singular
  • brałomneuter • past • singular
  • -(e)m brałoneuter • past • singular
  • braliśmypast • plural • virile
  • -(e)śmy bralipast • plural • virile
  • brałyśmynonvirile • past • plural
  • -(e)śmy brałynonvirile • past • plural
  • brałeśmasculine • past • singular
  • -(e)ś brałmasculine • past • singular
  • brałaśfeminine • past • singular
  • -(e)ś brałafeminine • past • singular
  • brałośneuter • past • singular
  • -(e)ś brałoneuter • past • singular
  • braliściepast • plural • virile
  • -(e)ście bralipast • plural • virile
  • brałyścienonvirile • past • plural
  • -(e)ście brałynonvirile • past • plural
  • brałmasculine • past • singular • third-person
  • brałafeminine • past • singular • third-person
  • brałoneuter • past • singular • third-person
  • bralipast • plural • third-person • virile
  • brałynonvirile • past • plural • third-person
  • branoimpersonal • past
  • będę brałfuture • masculine • singular
  • będę braćfuture • masculine • singular
  • będę brałafeminine • future • singular
  • będę braćfeminine • future • singular
  • będę brałofuture • neuter • singular
  • będę braćfuture • neuter • singular
  • będziemy bralifuture • plural • virile
  • będziemy braćfuture • plural • virile
  • będziemy brałyfuture • nonvirile • plural
  • będziemy braćfuture • nonvirile • plural
  • będziesz brałfuture • masculine • singular
  • będziesz braćfuture • masculine • singular
  • będziesz brałafeminine • future • singular
  • będziesz braćfeminine • future • singular
  • będziesz brałofuture • neuter • singular
  • będziesz braćfuture • neuter • singular
  • będziecie bralifuture • plural • virile
  • będziecie braćfuture • plural • virile
  • będziecie brałyfuture • nonvirile • plural
  • będziecie braćfuture • nonvirile • plural
  • będzie brałfuture • masculine • singular • third-person
  • będzie braćfuture • masculine • singular • third-person
  • będzie brałafeminine • future • singular • third-person
  • będzie braćfeminine • future • singular • third-person
  • będzie brałofuture • neuter • singular • third-person
  • będzie braćfuture • neuter • singular • third-person
  • będą bralifuture • plural • third-person • virile
  • będą braćfuture • plural • third-person • virile
  • będą brałyfuture • nonvirile • plural • third-person
  • będą braćfuture • nonvirile • plural • third-person
  • będzie brać sięfuture • impersonal
  • brałbymconditional • masculine • singular
  • bym brałconditional • masculine • singular
  • brałabymconditional • feminine • singular
  • bym brałaconditional • feminine • singular
  • brałobymconditional • neuter • singular
  • bym brałoconditional • neuter • singular
  • bralibyśmyconditional • plural • virile
  • byśmy braliconditional • plural • virile
  • brałybyśmyconditional • nonvirile • plural
  • byśmy brałyconditional • nonvirile • plural
  • brałbyśconditional • masculine • singular
  • byś brałconditional • masculine • singular
  • brałabyśconditional • feminine • singular
  • byś brałaconditional • feminine • singular
  • brałobyśconditional • neuter • singular
  • byś brałoconditional • neuter • singular
  • bralibyścieconditional • plural • virile
  • byście braliconditional • plural • virile
  • brałybyścieconditional • nonvirile • plural
  • byście brałyconditional • nonvirile • plural
  • brałbyconditional • masculine • singular • third-person
  • by brałconditional • masculine • singular • third-person
  • brałabyconditional • feminine • singular • third-person
  • by brałaconditional • feminine • singular • third-person
  • brałobyconditional • neuter • singular • third-person
  • by brałoconditional • neuter • singular • third-person
  • bralibyconditional • plural • third-person • virile
  • by braliconditional • plural • third-person • virile
  • brałybyconditional • nonvirile • plural • third-person
  • by brałyconditional • nonvirile • plural • third-person
  • brano byconditional • impersonal
  • niech bioręimperative • singular
  • bierzmyimperative • plural
  • bierzimperative • singular
  • bierzcieimperative • plural
  • niech bierzeimperative • singular • third-person
  • niech biorąimperative • plural • third-person
  • biorącyactive • adjectival • masculine • participle • singular
  • biorącaactive • adjectival • feminine • participle • singular
  • biorąceactive • adjectival • neuter • participle • singular
  • biorącyactive • adjectival • participle • plural • virile
  • biorąceactive • adjectival • nonvirile • participle • plural
  • branyadjectival • masculine • participle • passive • singular
  • branaadjectival • feminine • participle • passive • singular
  • braneadjectival • neuter • participle • passive • singular
  • braniadjectival • participle • passive • plural • virile
  • braneadjectival • nonvirile • participle • passive • plural
  • biorącadjectival • contemporary • participle
  • branienoun-from-verb
  • bierzeindicative • present
  • brałoindicative • past
  • będzie braćfuture • indicative
  • będzie brałofuture • indicative
  • brałobyconditional
  • by brałoconditional
  • niech bierzeimperative

Conjugation

Infinitive:brać
he/she/it
bierze
they
biorą

Other Forms

present active:biorący, biorąca, biorące, biorący, biorące, biorąc
present passive:brany, brana, brane, brani, brane

Full conjugation of brać

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