натрапляти

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From натра́пити (natrápyty) +‎ -я́ти (-játy). Compare Belarusian натрапля́ць (natrapljácʹ), Polish natrafiać.

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натрапля́ти (natrapljátyimpf (perfective натра́пити)

  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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