malować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German malen + -ować, from Middle High German mālen, from Old High German mālōn, mālēn, denominative of māl, from Proto-West Germanic *mālijan, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: ma‧lo‧wać

Verb

malować impf

  1. (transitive, painting) to cover something with paint or varnish
  2. (transitive, painting) to portray something on paper, canvas, etc. with a drawing or painting
  3. (transitive, cosmetics) to do makeup
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to describe, depict something or someone visually, colorfully
  5. (reflexive, transitive, cosmetics) to apply makeup, to put on makeup
  6. (reflexive, literary, of facial expressions) to become apparent, to become visible

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
verbs
adjective
adverbs
nouns
  • malarnia
  • malarskość
  • malarstwo
  • malarzowa
  • malarzyna
  • malarzysko
  • malowidełko
  • malowniczość
  • malowność

Further reading

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