chwytać
Polish
editEtymology
editInfluenced by the now dialectal word chytać, from Proto-Slavic *xytati, and the now obsolete word chwatać, from Proto-Slavic *xvatati.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editchwytać impf (perfective chwycić)
- (transitive) to grab, to seize, to grasp (to take hold of quickly)
- (transitive) to catch, to trap (e.g. an animal)
- (transitive) to catch, to apprehend (a criminal)
- (transitive) to take up, to employ (to pick up with the intention of using) [with za (+ accusative)]
- (transitive) to take, to grab, to make the most of (e.g. a chance, an opportunity)
- (transitive) to sense, to notice, to perceive
- (transitive, colloquial) to get, to grasp, to understand
- (intransitive, colloquial) to take, to catch on (to become accepted)
- (reflexive with się) to grab oneself, to grasp oneself
- (reflexive with się) to catch oneself, to notice one's behaviour
- (reflexive with się) to hold on, to keep one's balance by holding [with genitive]
- (reflexive with się) to get into, to throw oneself into, to become interested in [with genitive]
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editverbs
- nachwytać impf
- pochwytać impf, pochwycić pf
- podchwytywać impf, podchwycić pf
- przechwytywać impf, przechwycić pf
- przychwytywać impf, przychwycić pf
- schwycić pf
- uchwytywać impf, uchwycić pf
- wychwytać impf, wychwytywać impf, wychwycić pf
- zachwycać impf, zachwycić pf
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