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brać.

to take (to grab with the hands)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbrat͡ɕ//ˈbrat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈbrat͡ɕ][ˈbrat͡ɕ]
  1. to take (to grab with the hands)

    imperfective · transitive
  2. to take (to grab with the hands) synonym of wyrywać (“to pull out mature flax from the ground”)

    imperfective · transitive
  3. to take (grabbing with one's hands, to place somewhere)

    imperfective · transitive
  4. to take in (to agree to take care of)

    imperfective · transitive
  5. to take (to allow to join)

    imperfective · transitive
  6. to take (to ensure that one has something with them when they depart)

    imperfective · transitive
  7. to take, to charge (to ask for or demand a certain amount of money for something)

    imperfective · transitive
  8. to take (to have temporarily, e.g. a room at a hotel)

    imperfective · transitive
  9. to take (to hire a particular person for a job or task)

    imperfective · transitive
  10. to take; to get (to gain from a particular source, e.g. a resource)

    imperfective · transitive
    brać pomysł
  11. to take, to take away (to deprive of)

    imperfective · transitive
  12. to take (to force someone to go somewhere, e.g. to the police)

    imperfective · transitive
  13. to take (to ingest e.g. medicine)

    imperfective · transitive
  14. to take (to conquer, to gain e.g. a city)

    imperfective · transitive
  15. to take (to have sexual relations with a woman)

    imperfective · transitive · vulgar
  16. to take (to pass on the road while driving)

    colloquial · imperfective · transitive
  17. to take (to consider someone or something to be something, especially unfairly)

    imperfective · transitive
  18. to get someone to do something (to convince someone to taking a particular action)

    imperfective · transitive
  19. to take; to get (as a light verb, to be the performer or subject of an action)

    imperfective · transitive
    brać prysznic
    brać masaż
  20. to take; to get (as a light verb, to be the performer or subject of an action) synonym of brać ślub (“to get married”)

    imperfective · intransitive · transitive
  21. to take; to get (as a light verb, to be the performer or subject of an action) synonym of żenić się (“to get married”)

    imperfective · transitive
  22. to take (to appear in someone's body or psyche)

    imperfective · transitive · usually
  23. to bite; to take (to attach to a hook on a rod; to be caught)

    imperfective · transitive
  24. to take on (to accept a position or function)

    imperfective · transitive
  25. to take (to defeat someone or something)

    imperfective · transitive
  26. to put on (to begin wearing some article of clothing)

    imperfective · transitive
  27. to take (to interest, to grab someone's attention)

    colloquial · imperfective · transitive
  28. to build up

    imperfective · intransitive
  29. to get (to understand somehow)

    imperfective · transitive
  30. to take (to get hit)

    imperfective · transitive
  31. to take after, to get from (to inherit some traits)

    imperfective · transitive
  32. to take, to choose, to select

    imperfective · transitive
  33. synonym of zdejmować (“to take off e.g. clothes”)

    imperfective · transitive
  34. synonym of kopać (“to dig”)

    imperfective · transitive
  35. synonym of dostawać (“to get e.g. trouble, an excuse”)

    imperfective · transitive
  36. used to emphasize a present action; up and

    imperfective · intransitive
  37. to take oneself (to grab oneself by something)

    imperfective · reflexive
  38. to take each other (to grab each other by something)

    imperfective · reflexive
  39. to get to (to begin to do some activity)

    imperfective · reflexive
    brać się do roboty
  40. to be convinced (to allow oneself to be convinced to doing something)

    imperfective · reflexive
  41. to take on (to begin to deal intensively with matters related to a specific person)

    colloquial · imperfective · reflexive
  42. to come from (to have a source from)

    colloquial · imperfective · reflexive
  43. to be deceived

    imperfective · obsolete · reflexive
  44. to get to (to arrive, to go to)

    dialectal · imperfective · obsolete · reflexive
  45. to take control of, to take

    imperfective · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei Proto-Slavic *bьrati Old Polish brać Polish brać Inherited from Old Polish brać. Cognate with English bear.

noun/ˈbrat͡ɕ/
  1. company; band (group of people associating with each other)

    collective · dated · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Indo-European *-yeh₂ Proto-Slavic *bratrьja Polish braciabf. Polish brać Back-formation from bracia.

verb/ˈbrat͡ɕ//ˈbrat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈbrat͡ɕ][ˈbrat͡ɕ]
  1. to get the urge, to get a hankering (to feel a strong need or want to do something to the point where one cannot help themself)

    colloquial · imperfective · impersonal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei Proto-Slavic *bьrati Old Polish brać Polish brać Inherited from Old Polish brać. Cognate with English bear.

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