łapać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lapati.
Pronunciation
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[edit]łapać impf (perfective złapać)
- (transitive) to catch (intercept something that was thrown)
- (transitive) to capture, to trap, to snare
- Pająk łapie muchy. ― A spider captures flies.
- (transitive) to catch (e.g. a bus, a train)
- (transitive, colloquial) to get, to understand
- (transitive, colloquial) to catch, to contract (e.g. a disease)
- (transitive, colloquial) to grab (e.g. an opportunity), to seize, to make the most of
- (reflexive with się) to catch oneself, to catch one another
- (reflexive with się) to steady oneself, to grab hold [+genitive = of something]
- (reflexive with się) to catch oneself (realise one is doing something) [+ na (locative) = something]
- (reflexive with się, of insects) to be caught
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