zaostrzyć
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editzaostrzyć pf (imperfective zaostrzać)
- (transitive) to sharpen, to whet (to make sharp)
- (transitive) to tighten, to toughen (to make something stricter or more stringent)
- Synonyms: obostrzyć, przykręcić śrubę, uradykalnić, zradykalizować
- (transitive) to exacerbate (to cause a rapid deterioration in relations or the situation)
- Synonyms: podgrzać, rozjątrzyć, rozognić, zadrażnić, zaognić
- (transitive, of illnesses or pain) to exacerbate (to make more troublesome)
- (transitive) to sharpen (to make the shapes or outlines of something more clearly defined, e.g. facial features)
- Synonym: wyostrzyć
- (transitive) to sensitize (to cause someone to react strongly to sensory stimuli)
- (transitive, cooking) to spice up (to enhance the flavour of something using spice)
- Synonym: doprawić
- (reflexive with się) to sharpen up (to get more clearly outlined)
- (reflexive with się) to tighten up, to toughen up (to become stricter or more stringent)
- (reflexive with się) to exacerbate (to take a violent form)
- (reflexive with się, of illnesses or pain) to exacerbate (to become more troublesome)
- (reflexive with się) to get sensitized (to start reacting strongly to sensory stimuli)
Conjugation
editFurther reading
edit- zaostrzyć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zaostrzyć się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zaostrzyć in Polish dictionaries at PWN