натрапляти

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From натра́пити (natrápyty) +‎ -я́ти (-játy). Compare Belarusian натрапля́ць (natrapljácʹ), Polish natrafiać.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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натрапля́ти (natrapljátyimpf (perfective натра́пити)

  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, obstacle, etc.’]

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