bimbać
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. According to Bańkowski, a variation of pimpać, from German das ist mir pimpe (“I don't give a fuck about this”).[1] First attested in 1900.[2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bimbać impf
- (colloquial, intransitive) to downplay, to trivialize, to make light of [+ z (genitive)] or [+ na (accusative) = whom/what]
- Synonyms: (literary) bagatelizować, lekceważyć
- bimbać (sobie) na władzę ― to trivialize authority
- bimbać (sobie) na wszystkich ― to make light of everyone
- bimbać (sobie) na wszystko ― to make light of everything
- bimbać (sobie) na zakazy ― to downplay restrictions
- bimbać (sobie) z ludzi ― to make light of people
- bimbać (sobie) z sądu ― to make light of a court
- bimbać (sobie) z prawa ― to make light of the law
Verb edit
bimbać impf (perfective przebimbać)
- (colloquial, intransitive) to loaf, to take it easy, to idle
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:próżnować
Conjugation edit
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verbs
References edit
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bimbać”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900–1927), “bimbać”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw
- ^ bimbać in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego