odkręcać
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɔtˈkrɛn.t͡sat͡ɕ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt͡sat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: od‧krę‧cać
Verb
[edit]odkręcać impf (perfective odkręcić)
- (transitive) to unbolt, to unscrew, to untwist, to unwarp, to unwind (to take something out of something else by turning its threads; to detach the part that covers or attaches something after removing the screws)
- Antonyms: dokręcać, przykręcać
- (transitive, of containers) to uncap, to unscrew (to remove the cap from a container)
- (transitive) to loosen, to uncap (to open or increase the supply of something by turning something, e.g. gas)
- (transitive) to turn something the other way
- Synonym: obracać
- (transitive, colloquial) to unscrew (to restore something to its original state or to back out of something)
- (reflexive with się) to get unbolted, to get unscrewed, to get untwisted, to get unwarped, to get unwound (to become detached or disconnected from something)
- (reflexive with się) to get unscrewed (to lose attachment to something by a thread or screw)
- (reflexive with się, of containers) to get uncapped, to get unscrewed (to be opened)
- (reflexive with się, colloquial) to turn around (to change the position of the body by turning in the opposite direction)
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]verbs
- odkręcać kurek impf
- odkręcić kurek pf
Related terms
[edit]adjective
Further reading
[edit]- odkręcać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- odkręcać się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- odkręcać in Polish dictionaries at PWN