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popadać

//pɔˈpa.dat͡ɕ/ | /pɔˈpa.dat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    literaryto fall into, to lapse into, to descend into (to gradually take on a particular state)
  2. 2.
    obsoleteto overtake, to take hold of, to encompass; to seize, to reach
  3. 3.
    to fall one after another (to collapse onto the ground in sequence)
  4. 4.
    to fall one after another (to die in sequence)
  5. 5.
    to rain for a bit; to snow for a while
  6. 6.
    colloquialto fall one after another (to go bankrupt in sequence)
  7. 7.
    dialectalobsoleteto fall apart, to crack, to splinter, to chap

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • popadać w przesadę
  • popaść w przesadę
Synonyms

Etymology

From po- + padać. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian pòpadac, Silesian popadać, and Slovincian pôpadac.

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