picować
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from German putzen + -ować. If so, then a doublet of pucować.
Verb edit
picować impf
- (transitive, colloquial) to blag, to fib (to deceive)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oszukać
- (transitive, colloquial) to pimp out (to make showy improvements to)
- (reflexive with się, colloquial) to dress up (to put on special or fancy clothes)
- Synonym: stroić się
Conjugation edit
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verbs
- odpicować pf
- odpicowywać impf
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adverb
nouns
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old Polish picować. By surface analysis, pica + -ować.
Verb edit
picować impf
- (intransitive, obsolete) to forage (to demand food for the army from the local population)
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noun