zawalać

Polish

Etymology

From zawalić + -ać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈva.lat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: za‧wa‧lać

Verb

zawalać impf (perfective zawalić)

  1. (transitive) to strew, to inundate, to encumber (cover or fill with a large amount of something)
  2. (transitive) to bar, to block
    Synonym: zatarasować
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to swamp, to snow under (overburden with e.g. work, responsibility)
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to fluff, to flub, to muck up
  5. (reflexive) to collapse, to buckle, to cave in
  6. (reflexive, colloquial) to go to the dogs, to go down the toilet, to flop

Conjugation

noun

Further reading

  • zawalać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zawalać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.