pucować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German putzen + -ować. Perhaps a doublet of picować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈt͡sɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: pu‧co‧wać

Verb

pucować impf (perfective wypucować)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to polish, to scrub, to shine (to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding)
    Synonyms: glansować, polerować, szorować
    Hypernym: czyścić
  2. (reflexive, colloquial) to scrub oneself

Verb

pucować impf

  1. (reflexive, prison slang) to blag, to bluff (to give false information intentionally; to lie; to deceive)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oszukać

Conjugation

Derived terms

noun
verbs
  • odpucować
  • odpucowywać
  • opucować
noun

Further reading

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