натрапити

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From на- (na-) +‎ тра́пити (trápyty). Compare Belarusian натра́піць (natrápicʹ), Polish natrafić.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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натра́пити (natrápytypf (imperfective натрапля́ти)

  1. (intransitive, literally) to bump into, to stumble on [with на (na, + accusative)]
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to chance upon, to come across, to encounter, to happen upon, to stumble across, to stumble upon (meet or find unexpectedly) [with на (na, + accusative)]
  3. (transitive) to find
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to encounter, to run into [with на (na, + accusative) ‘adversity, difficulty, an obstacle, etc.’]

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