ustawiać
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /uˈsta.vjat͡ɕ/
Audio 1, ustawiać (file) Audio 2, ustawiać się (file) - Rhymes: -avjat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: u‧sta‧wiać
Verb edit
ustawiać impf (perfective ustawić)
- (transitive) to put, to position, to place, to set, to align, to array (to place a person or thing somewhere so that it stands there)
- Synonyms: stawiać, umieszczać
- (transitive) to set up (to assemble something makeshift)
- (transitive) to adjust, to set, to set up (to select a mode of a device's operation by adjusting it)
- Synonym: nastawiać
- (transitive) to set up (to influence the course or outcome of something or someone's behavior)
- (transitive, colloquial) to set someone up for success (to manage someone's affairs in a favorable way)
- (transitive, colloquial, theater) to determine the nature of the role played by an actor or its elements
- (reflexive with się) to line up, to queue up, to form up, to fall in (to stand somewhere in a certain way)
- ustawiać się do zdjęcia ― to pose for a picture
- (reflexive with się, colloquial) to get one's foot in the door, to set oneself up for success (to manage one's affairs in a favorable way)
- nieźle się ustawiać w życiu ― to be set for life
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Further reading edit
- ustawiać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ustawiać się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ustawiać in Polish dictionaries at PWN