potrzebować
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poterbovati. By surface analysis, potrzeba + -ować.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pɔ.tʂɛˈbɔ.vat͡ɕ/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: po‧trze‧bo‧wać
Verb
[edit]potrzebować impf
- (intransitive) to need (to want strongly; to feel that one must have something) [with genitive or (proscribed) accusative] or [with infinitive]
- Synonym: zależeć
- Potrzebuję twojej pomocy. ― I need your help.
- Potrzebujemy kupić mąkę i mleko do ciasta. ― We need to buy flour and milk for the cake/dough.
- (intransitive) to need (to have an absolute requirement for) [with genitive or (proscribed) accusative] [with do (+ genitive) ‘for what’]
- Synonym: wymagać
- Rośliny potrzebują słońca do życia. ― Plants need sunlight to live.
- (intransitive, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to need, to have to (to be obliged or required to do something) [with infinitive]
- Synonym: musieć
- Nie potrzebujesz nic więcej dodawać, to się rozumie samo przez się. ― You don't need to add anything more, it goes without saying.
- (reflexive with się) to need each other (to want one-to-one contact or mutual support as necessary in a given situation)
- Kiedyś byli sobie bliscy. Potrzebowali się i pragnęli. ― They used to be close to each other. They needed and wanted each other.
- (reflexive with się) to need each other (to not be able to function properly one without the other)
- Uniwersytet i teologia wzajemnie się potrzebują. ― University and theology need each other.
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Further reading
[edit]- potrzebować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- potrzebować się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- potrzebować in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔvat͡ɕ
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