zawadzać
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zawadzać impf (perfective zawadzić)
- (intransitive, usually imperfect) to be in the way, to cumber, to hamper, to obstruct [+dative = someone]
- Synonyms: przeszkadzać, wadzić
- (intransitive or reflexive with się) to catch on [+ o (accusative) = something]
- 1925 (first published 1896), Stefan Żeromski, O żołnierzu tułaczu, J. Mortkowicz, chapter 1:
- ...[sierżant] zginał kark, żeby nie uszkodzić pompona przy kapeluszu, zawadzającego o stragarz powały niskiego pokoju.
- ...[the sergeant] had his head ducked in order to not damage the pompom on his hat, which kept getting caught on a joist of the ceiling of the low-ceilinged room.
- (intransitive) to stop briefly on a journey [+ o (accusative) = in a place]
- Synonym: zatrzymywać się
- (intransitive) to bring up (to mention) [+ o (accusative) = something]
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