klepać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klepati.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]klepać impf (perfective klepnąć)
- (transitive) to slap gently, to pat
- (transitive) to smooth out a piece of metal with a hammer or similar tool
- (colloquial, usually perfective, transitive) to fix bodywork damage on a car
- Dzisiaj będę klepał błotnik od forda. ― Today I will be fixing the fender from the Ford.
- (colloquial, transitive) to learn by rote, to memorize
- Na polskim było strasznie nudno, klepaliśmy części mowy. ― The Polish class was terribly boring, we were rote learning parts of speech.
- (colloquial, transitive) to pray thoughtlessly, in a formulaic way; collocates with pacierz, zdrowaśka, etc.
- (colloquial, transitive) to type on a keyboard
- (colloquial, transitive) to code, to program, especially with insufficient skill
- Wczoraj przez trzy godziny klepałem ten skrypt, ale dalej nie do końca działa. ― Yesterday I was writing that script for three hours, but it still doesn't fully work.
- (colloquial, transitive) to talk without thinking
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]verbs
- klepać biedę impf
- naklepać pf, naklepywać impf
- odklepać pf, odklepywać impf
- oklepać pf, oklepywać impf
- poklepać pf, poklepywać impf
- przeklepać pf, przeklepywać impf
- przyklepać pf, przyklepywać impf
- rozklepać pf, rozklepywać impf
- sklepać pf, sklepywać impf
- uklepać pf, uklepywać impf
- wklepać pf, wklepywać impf
- wyklepać pf, wyklepywać impf
- zaklepać pf, zaklepywać impf
Further reading
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- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛpat͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛpat͡ɕ/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish verbs
- Polish imperfective verbs
- Polish transitive verbs
- Polish colloquialisms
- Polish perfective verbs
- Polish terms with usage examples
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