mazać

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màzati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mōˀź-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.zat͡ɕ/

• Audio 1, mazać

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• Audio 2, mazać się

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• Rhymes: -azat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: ma‧zać

mazać impf (perfective maznąć or pomazać)

1. (transitive) to smear [+instrumental = with something] (to cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing)

   Synonyms: ciaprać, smarować

2. (transitive) to smear [+instrumental = with something] (to make something dirty)

   Synonym: tytłać

3. (transitive) to blur, to smear, to smudge (to obscure by blurring)
4. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to scribble, to scrawl

   Synonyms: bazgrać, bazgrolić, gryzmolić

5. (reflexive) to smear oneself [+instrumental = with something]

   Synonyms: ciaprać się, smarować się

6. (reflexive) to smear, to smudge (to become messy or not clear by being spread)
7. (reflexive, colloquial) to pule, to whimper, to blub

   Synonym: mazgaić się

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