zdobywać
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From zdobyć + -wać. Compare Kashubian zdobëwac.
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zdobywać impf (perfective zdobyć)
- (transitive) to obtain, to acquire, to gain (to get after much striving)
- Synonyms: osiągać, pozyskiwać, uzyskiwać, zyskiwać
- (transitive) to obtain, to acquire, to gain (to ensure someone as an ally after much striving)
- Synonyms: pozyskiwać, zyskiwać
- (transitive) to gain, to acquire, to gain; to capture, to take, to win (to conquer and gain control of in fight)
- Synonym: brać
- (transitive) to conquer (with great effort to reach a place that is difficult to reach)
- (transitive) to take away (to deprive someone of something by force)
- (transitive) to score (to gain points in game or something similar)
- (transitive, obsolete) to stock up (to create a stockpile of something)
- (reflexive with się) to summon up, to muster (to accomplish something after much striving) [+ na (accusative) = what]
- (reflexive with się) to summon up, to muster (to gain something after much striving)
- (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be gained
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noun