przestać

Definitions

1. 1.
   to stop doing something, to desist, to leave off (to interrupt or cease an action)

   • Przestań go bić!

     Stop hitting him!

   • Mógłbyś przestać?

     Would you stop it?

2. 2.
   to stop (to lose the ability to use a particular sense)
3. 3.
   to stop (to lose a particular trait; of an action, to cease)
4. 4.
   to choose; to prefer
5. 5.
   to entrust; to trust; to believe
6. 6.
   to stay with (to not abandon someone)
7. 7.
   to stay (to remain somewhere)
8. 8.
   to reach out, to reach somewhere, to stretch
9. 9.
   to leave someone, to abandon; to renounce
10. 10.
    to leave alone, to stop bothering or following
11. 11.
    to happen; to be
12. 12.
    to oversit (to not be harvested for too long)
13. 13.
    obsoleteto make do with, to settle
14. 14.
    obsoleteto accede, to assent, to agree
15. 15.
    colloquialto oversit (to lose flavor by standing uneaten for too long)
16. 16.
    to reside with (to live with someone)
17. 17.
    colloquialto spend some time standing

    • Przestali pół godziny pod drzwiami i wrócili zezłoszczeni do domu.

      They had been standing for half an hour at the door and then returned home angry.

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