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grać.

to play (to participate in a game)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɡrat͡ɕ//ˈɡrat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈɡrat͡ɕ][ˈɡrat͡ɕ]
  1. to play (to participate in a game)

    ambitransitive · imperfective
    grać w piłkę nożną
    Nie teraz mamo, gram w Fortnite'a!.
  2. to play (to participate in a game) to play (to gamble)

    ambitransitive · imperfective
  3. to play, to act (to perform a role in a play, movie, etc.)

    imperfective · transitive
  4. to play, to act (to perform a role in a play, movie, etc.)

    imperfective · transitive
  5. to play (to perform or show a play or movie somewhere)

    imperfective · transitive
  6. to play (to produce music using a musical instrument)

    ambitransitive · imperfective
    grać na gitarze
  7. to play (to produce music from a device)

    imperfective · transitive
  8. to play (to give off sound)

    ambitransitive · imperfective
  9. to play (to attempt to achieve or gain)

    imperfective · intransitive
    grać na emocjach
    grać o wszystko
  10. to play, to pretend to be, to act (to act unnaturally or falsely)

    imperfective · transitive
    grać głupiego
  11. to show (of emotions, to externalize or be seen)

    imperfective · intransitive
  12. to shift; to shimmer (to change colors)

    imperfective · intransitive · literary
  13. to play well with (to suit or match something)

    colloquial · imperfective · intransitive
  14. to play (to lay out a card on the table)

    ambitransitive · imperfective
  15. to play (to accept a particular suit as the winning suit)

    ambitransitive · imperfective
  16. to be on (to be in order; to function properly)

    colloquial · imperfective · transitive
  17. to be constantly mad at someone

    imperfective · intransitive
  18. to coo

    imperfective · intransitive
  19. synonym of parzyć się

    imperfective · intransitive
  20. synonym of wyskakiwać /podskakiwać

    imperfective · intransitive
  21. to serve someone well

    imperfective · intransitive
  22. to play with (to risk)

    imperfective · obsolete · transitive
  23. to play, to have fun (to spend time in a fun way)

    imperfective · intransitive · obsolete
  24. to sue, to litigate

    imperfective · obsolete · transitive
  25. to bubble; to ferment

    imperfective · intransitive · obsolete
  26. to sic (to send an animal after one's hunted animal)

    imperfective · obsolete · transitive
  27. to court (to attempt to attract)

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · transitive
  28. to make fun of, to mock

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · transitive
  29. to move something quickly

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · transitive
  30. to undulate, to wave (to cause to resemble a wave)

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · transitive
  31. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include

    Middle · Polish · imperfective
  32. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: to fight, to battle, to combat

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · transitive
  33. to have sex (to have sexual relations with)

    Middle · Polish · euphemistic · imperfective · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *ígrāˀ Proto-Slavic *jьgrà Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *jьgrati Old Polish grać Polish grać Inherited from Old Polish grać. By surface analysis, clipping of igrać. Compare Kashubian grac.

verb/ˈɡrat͡ɕ//ˈɡrat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈɡrat͡ɕ][ˈɡrat͡ɕ]
  1. to make a characteristic call during courtship display

    imperfective · intransitive
  2. to bark loudly and fiercely while chasing game

    imperfective · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *grāˀ-der. Proto-Slavic *grajati Polish grać Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grajati. First attested in the 18th century.

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