натрапити

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From на- (na-) +‎ тра́пити (trápyty). Compare Belarusian натра́піць (natrápicʹ), Polish natrafić.

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натра́пити (natrápytypf (imperfective натрапля́ти)

  1. (intransitive, literally) to bump into, to stumble on [+ на (accusative)]
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to chance upon, to come across, to encounter, to happen upon, to stumble across, to stumble upon [+ на (accusative)] (meet or find unexpectedly)
  3. (transitive) to find
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to encounter, to run into [+ на (accusative)] (adversity, difficulty, obstacle, etc.)

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