kochać

See also: kòchac

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koxati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.xat͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔxat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: ko‧chać

Verb

kochać impf (perfective pokochać)

  1. (transitive) to love (have a strong affection for)
    Kocham cię. ― I love you.
    Kocham tylko ciebie. ― I love only you.
  2. (transitive, auxiliary) to love (an activity)
  3. (reflexive) to love each other
  4. (reflexive, euphemistic) to make love
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uprawiać seks
  5. (reflexive, rare) to love oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • kochać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kochać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “kochać”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
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