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udać.

to act, to feign (to create a false impression)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈu.dat͡ɕ//ˈu.dat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈu.dat͡ɕ][ˈu.dat͡ɕ]
  1. to act, to feign (to create a false impression)

    perfective · transitive
  2. to pretend to be (to intentionally act like a person whom one is not)

    perfective · transitive
  3. to denounce (to wrongly accuse)

    obsolete · perfective · transitive
  4. to share (to give a portion of)

    obsolete · perfective · transitive
  5. to get rid of, to do away with

    obsolete · perfective · transitive
  6. to remove

    obsolete · perfective · transitive
  7. to deceive, to cheat

    Middle · Polish · perfective · transitive
  8. to work out, to succeed (to finish as intended or expected)

    perfective · reflexive
  9. synonym of spodobać się

    dialectal · obsolete · perfective · reflexive
  10. synonym of zdarzyć

    perfective · reflexive
    I udało się, że jeden żyd bardzo bogaty.
  11. to repair, to head off, to go (to go to a particular place)

    literary · perfective · reflexive
  12. to fruit (to have a large output; to mature well)

    colloquial · perfective · reflexive
  13. to turn out alright (to grow into a person who gains acceptance from those around him)

    colloquial · perfective · reflexive
  14. to pretend to be

    obsolete · perfective · reflexive
  15. to come in handy (to be useful)

    obsolete · perfective · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Balto-Slavic *au Proto-Slavic *u Proto-Slavic *u- Old Polish u- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei Proto-Slavic *dàti Old Polish dać Old Polish udać Polish udać Inherited from Old Polish udać. By surface analysis, u- + dać. Compare Czech udat, Kashubian ùdac, and Russian уда́ть /уда́ться (udátʹ).

verb/ˈu.dat͡ɕ//ˈu.dat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈu.dat͡ɕ][ˈu.dat͡ɕ]
  1. to succeed, to manage

    impersonal · perfective · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Balto-Slavic *au Proto-Slavic *u Proto-Slavic *u- Old Polish u- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei Proto-Slavic *dàti Old Polish dać Old Polish udać Polish udać Inherited from Old Polish udać. By surface analysis, u- + dać. Compare Czech udat, Kashubian ùdac, and Russian уда́ть /уда́ться (udátʹ).

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