ustawić
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ustaviti. By surface analysis, u- + stawić.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /uˈsta.vit͡ɕ/
Audio 1; “ustawić”: (file) Audio 2; “ustawić się”: (file) - Rhymes: -avit͡ɕ
- Syllabification: u‧sta‧wić
Verb
[edit]ustawić pf (imperfective ustawiać)
- (transitive) to put, to position, to place, to set, to align, to array (to place a person or thing somewhere so that it stands there)
- Synonym: umieścić
- (transitive) to set up (to assemble something makeshift)
- (transitive) to adjust, to set, to set up (to select a mode of a device's operation by adjusting it)
- Synonym: nastawić
- (transitive) to set up (to influence the course or outcome of something or someone's behavior)
- (transitive, colloquial) to set someone up for success (to manage someone's affairs in a favorable way)
- (transitive, colloquial, theater) to determine the nature of the role played by an actor or its elements
- (reflexive with się) to line up, to queue up, to form up, to fall in (to stand somewhere in a certain way)
- ustawić się do zdjęcia ― to pose for a picture
- (reflexive with się, colloquial) to get one's foot in the door, to set oneself up for success (to manage one's affairs in a favorable way)
- nieźle się ustawić w życiu ― to be set for life
Conjugation
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Further reading
[edit]- ustawić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ustawić się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ustawić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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