zagiąć

Polish

Etymology

From za- + giąć (to bend, to fold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈza.ɡjɔɲt͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡjɔɲt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: za‧giąć

Verb

zagiąć pf (imperfective zaginać)

  1. (transitive) to bend, to fold
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to stump, to puzzle (ask an unexpected question that the addressee is unable to answer)
  3. (reflexive) to be bent, to be folded

Usage notes

Senses #1 and #3 refer to imprecise bends or folds. For example, it would appear in phrases zagiąć róg strony (to fold the corner of a page, to make a dog ear) and zagiąć czasoprzestrzeń (to bend timespace, figuratively: to make something ostensibly impossible happen). See giąć for related verbs.

Conjugation

Further reading

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