наштовхуватися

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From нашто́вхувати (naštóvxuvaty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian ната́лкиваться (natálkivatʹsja).

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  • IPA(key): [nɐʃtɔu̯xˈnutesʲɐ]
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Verb edit

нашто́вхуватися (naštóvxuvatysjaimpf (perfective наштовхну́тися) [+ на (accusative)]

  1. (literally) to bump into (to collide with)
  2. (by extension) to bump into, to come across, to run into, to stumble upon (meet or find by chance)
  3. (figuratively) to encounter, to hit up against, to run up against, to meet with, to be confronted (with) (difficulties, obstruction, opposition, resistance, etc.)

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