wdać
//ˈvdat͡ɕ//
Polishverb
Definitions
- 1.to pull or weave fabric into something
- 2.to get into (to enter something, to become engaged in something, particularly something unfavorable)
wdać się w bójkę
to get into a fight
- 3.to take after (to resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit)
wdać się w ojca
to take after one's father
Wdała się w ciocię: siostrzenica też w dzień tylko je, w nocy tylko płacze
She took after her aunt: her niece also only eats during the day, only cries at night
- 4.to develop, to emerge
infekcja wdała się
an infection developed
- 5.obsoleteto get into (to engage someone, particularly into something unfavorable)
wdać w kłopoty
to get someone into trouble
- 6.obsoleteto turn into (to cause something to change into something else)
- 7.obsoleteto marry
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- zmienić
- wyjść za mąż
- wrodzić się
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wdać. By surface analysis, w- + dać. Compare Czech vdát, Russian вда́ться (vdátʹsja).