powierzać
Polish
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editpowierzać impf (perfective powierzyć)
- (transitive) to charge, to commission, to commit, to entrust [with dative ‘to whom’ and accusative ‘what’]
- (transitive) to entrust (to give to someone's care or for them to use) [with dative ‘to/with whom’ and accusative ‘what’]
- (transitive) to confess, to confide, to confide in, to pour one's heart out (to take someone into one's confidence; to speak in secret with; to say something in confidence) [with dative ‘in whom’ and accusative ‘what’]
- (reflexive with się, literary) to entrust (to rely on someone or something with confidence) [with dative ‘what/who’]
- Synonym: zawierzać się
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Further reading
edit- powierzać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- powierzać się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- powierzać in Polish dictionaries at PWN