kombinować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French combiner + -ować, from Late Latin combīnāre, from Latin combīnō. Doublet of kombinerki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔm.biˈnɔ.vat͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: kom‧bi‧no‧wać

Verb

kombinować impf (perfective skombinować)

  1. (transitive) to combine
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to rustle up, to wangle
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to figure out, to infer

kombinować impf (perfective wykombinować)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to get creative (try to resolve a problem with unusual ways)
    Józek kombinował jak wykorzystać swój stary toster i przerobił go na grzejnik.Józek got clever with his old toaster and he turned it into a heater.
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to get up to something, to cheat, to trick

Conjugation

Further reading

  • kombinować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kombinować in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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