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wdać

//ˈvdat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to pull or weave fabric into something
  2. 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. 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. 4.
    to develop, to emerge
    • infekcja wdała się

      an infection developed

  5. 5.
    obsoleteto get into (to engage someone, particularly into something unfavorable)
    • wdać w kłopoty

      to get someone into trouble

  6. 6.
    obsoleteto turn into (to cause something to change into something else)
  7. 7.
    obsoleteto marry

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wdać. By surface analysis, w- + dać. Compare Czech vdát, Russian вда́ться (vdátʹsja).

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