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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