wziąć

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wziąć, from Proto-Slavic *vъzęti (stem *vъzьm-). By surface analysis, wz- + jąć.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vʑɔɲt͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɲt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: wziąć

Verb

wziąć pf (imperfective brać)

  1. (transitive) to take (to grab with the hands)
    Synonym: chwycić
  2. (transitive) to take (to take someone or something somewhere with oneself)
    Synonym: zabrać
  3. (transitive) to take (into one's possession)
  4. (transitive) to get (buy or rent into one's possession)
  5. (transitive) to take (by force)
  6. (transitive) to take (advantage of)
    Synonym: skorzystać
  7. (transitive) to get (as payment)
  8. (transitive) to take on (a responsibility)
  9. (transitive) to take (medicine)
    Synonyms: przyjąć, zażyć
  10. (transitive) to beat (be better than)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bić
  11. (transitive) to put on (clothes)
    Synonym: założyć
  12. (transitive, colloquial) to interest
    Synonyms: (imperfective only) ciekawić, zainteresować
  13. (transitive, colloquial, of a disease) to take (attack someone)
  14. (transitive, colloquial, of an emotion) to take hold (control someone)
  15. (transitive) to take after (someone's traits)
  16. (transitive, slang) to take; to have sex
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uprawiać seks
  17. (transitive, fishing) to bite; to take the bait
  18. (transitive) used as a weak verb in collocations
    wziąć ślubto get married
  19. (reflexive) to start an activity
    Weź się do roboty!Get to work!

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Further reading

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