dokuczyć
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *dokučiti.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdokuczyć pf (imperfective dokuczać)
- (sometimes transitive, usually intransitive) to trouble, to bother, to upset, to cause suffering to [with dative ‘someone’]
- 1974, Tadeusz Kępiński, Witold Gombrowicz i świat jego młodości[1], Wydawnictwo Literackie, page 322:
- A gdy ktoś był zbyt dotknięty lub "dokuczony" – magiczna formuła zaczerpnięta z Conan Doyle'a: ...
- And when someone was too affected or "upset" – there was a magical formula taken from Conan Doyle: ...
- (intransitive) to demand, to ask for [with o (+ accusative) ‘something’]
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