zawadzić

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zawadzić, from Proto-Slavic *zavaditi. By surface analysis, za- + wadzić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈva.d͡ʑit͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʑit͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: za‧wa‧dzić

Verb

zawadzić pf (imperfective zawadzać)

  1. (intransitive, rare in the perfect) to be in the way, to cumber, to hamper, to obstruct [+dative = someone]
    Synonym: przeszkodzić
  2. (intransitive or reflexive) to catch on [+ o (accusative) = something]
    Synonyms: zaczepić, zahaczyć
  3. (intransitive) to stop briefly on a journey [+ o (accusative) = in a place]
    • 2021 May 25, Danuta Walewska, “Zawieszone loty nad Białorusią”, in Rzeczpospolita, archived from the original on 2022-12-14:
      Ale już w rejsie z Warszawy do Wilna, podczas którego samolot miałby „zawadzić" o terytorium Białorusi, kurs został minimalnie zmieniony i prowadził prosto na Litwę...
      But already on a journey from Warsaw to Vilnius, during which the plane was supposed to briefly cross Belarusian territory, its course was changed minimally and led straight to Lithuania...
    Synonym: zatrzymać się
  4. (intransitive) to bring up (to mention) [+ o (accusative) = something]
    Synonym: napomknąć

Conjugation

noun

Further reading

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