przestawać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]przestawać impf (perfective przestać)
- (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop doing something, to desist, to leave off (to interrupt or cease an action) [with infinitive ‘doing what’], [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’]
- (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop (to lose the ability to use a particular sense) [with infinitive ‘doing what’]
- (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop (to lose a particular trait; of an action, to cease) [with infinitive ‘doing what’]
- (auxiliary, intransitive, obsolete) to make do with, to settle [with na (+ locative) ‘with/for what’]
- Synonym: poprzestawać
- (auxiliary, intransitive, obsolete) to accede, to assent, to agree [with na (+ locative) ‘with/for what’]
- Synonyms: przystawać, zgadzać się
Verb
[edit]przestawać impf
- (intransitive) to associate, to commune, to consort [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with someone’]
- (intransitive) to settle for, to make do with [with na (+ instrumental) ‘for something’]
- Synonyms: obywać się, ograniczać się, poprzestawać, zadowalać się
Conjugation
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- przestawać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- przestawać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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