trąbić

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish trąbić, from Proto-Slavic *trǫbiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɔm.bit͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔmbit͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: trą‧bić

Verb

trąbić impf (perfective zatrąbić)

  1. (intransitive) to honk (to use a car's horn)
  2. (intransitive) to trumpet (to make the sound of an elephant)
  3. (intransitive) to play the trumpet
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to hype, to promote (to repeat some information and discuss it in public) [+ o (locative) = something]
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to blow one's nose loudly
  6. (transitive, colloquial) to gulp down, to guzzle, to quaff, to swig, to swill
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pić

Conjugation

Further reading

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