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Etymology edit

From за- (za-) +‎ бра́ти (bráty). Compare Russian забра́ть (zabrátʹ), Belarusian забра́ць (zabrácʹ), Polish zabrać.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zɐˈbrate]
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Verb edit

забра́ти (zabrátypf (imperfective забира́ти) (transitive)

  1. to take (to get into one's hands, possession or control)
  2. to take (to escort or conduct a person)
  3. to collect, to pick up (:passenger, goods)
  4. to take away, to remove, to withdraw
  5. to take, to claim (:life)
    Тера́кт забра́в життя́ трьох люде́й.
    Terákt zabráv žyttjá trʹox ljudéj.
    A terrorist act claimed the lives of three people.
  6. to take, to occupy (to seize or capture)
  7. (colloquial) to take away (to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else, usually not with the person's consent)
    1. (colloquial) to arrest, to detain
      Synonyms: заарештува́ти pf (zaareštuváty, to arrest), затри́мати pf (zatrýmaty, to detain)
  8. (colloquial) to take hold (of a feeling, condition: to take root, become established)
  9. (figuratively) to take, to take up (:time, energy, etc.)
  10. to bear (to be, or head, in a specific direction)

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