rugować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German rüegen + -ować, from Old High German ruogen, from Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈɡɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: ru‧go‧wać

Verb

rugować impf (perfective wyrugować)

  1. (transitive, literary) to evict, to oust
    Synonyms: wydalać, wysiedlać
  2. (transitive, literary) to displace, to supersede, to supplant
    • 2009 July 8, Piotr Bikont, Marcin Jendrzejczak, Anna Werner (quoting Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa), “Sery, czyli zrób to sam”, in Rzeczpospolita, archived from the original on 2022-12-01:
      Ser litewski wyrugował holenderski...
      Lithuanian cheese has replaced Dutch...
    Synonym: wypierać
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to interrogate
    Synonym: indagować

Conjugation

noun

Further reading

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