stopować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English stop + -ować, from Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian, from Proto-West Germanic *stuppōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, *stuppijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb-, from *(s)tew-. Doublet of sztafirować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɔˈpɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: sto‧po‧wać

Verb

stopować impf (perfective zastopować)

  1. (transitive) to stop (to cause to cease moving)
    Synonym: zatrzymywać
  2. (transitive) to curb, to inhibit, to restrain
    Synonym: hamować
  3. (transitive, soccer) to block (to impede an opponent or opponent's play)
    Synonym: blokować
  4. (transitive, boxing) to stop an opponent's advance by punching them

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • przystopować
  • przystopowywać

Further reading

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