podśpiewać
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[edit]podśpiewać pf (imperfective podśpiewywać)
- (transitive or intransitive, rare, singing) to sing quietly
- 1915, Kazimierz Tetmajer, Koniec epopei[1], volume 2, Warszawa: Tow[arzystwo] akc[yjne] S. Orgelbranda s[yn]ów, archived from the original on 2022-08-25, page 212:
- Ksiądz proboszcz mrugnął figlarnie do siostry pani Broniewiczowej i niby nic podśpiewał...
- The provost priest winked archly to Mrs. Broniewiczowa's sister and quietly sang what seemed to be nothing...
- 1973, Gracja Kerényi, Odtańcowywanie poezji, czyli dzieje teatru Mirona Białoszewskiego[2], Wydawnictwo Literackie, archived from the original on 2022-08-25, page 201:
- Jak z własnymi tekstami do grania ‒ wiem, jak mam mówić, co krzyczeć, gdzie podśpiewać, gdzie jaki rytm. Tak tu. Miałem niucha.
- As with my own texts to be performed – I know what I'm supposed to say, when to shout, where to quietly sing something, where [to use] what rhythm. [It was] like that here. I had a sense for it.
- 1973, Zbigniew Żakiewicz, To sen tylko, Danielu[3], Czytelnik, archived from the original on 2022-08-25, page 110:
- ‒ Czekaj, już ja ci tu podśpiewam!
‒ Wicek, jeśli ty nie podśpiewywałeś, to...- "Wait, I'll just sing it quietly to you now!"
"Wicek, if you weren't the one who was singing quietly, then...
- "Wait, I'll just sing it quietly to you now!"
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[edit]- podśpiewać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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