opowiadać
Pronunciation: /ɔ.pɔˈvja.dat͡ɕ/
“opowiadać” is a Polish word. Its 16 meanings in English:
verb
- to tell, to narrate (to present a series of events using words)
- to be about (of stores, to contain some content about a particular subject)
- to inform, to tell, to announce
- to announce an animal's location by barking
- to repeat, to pass along
- to order, to commission
- to bode
- to back, to side with [with za (+ instrumental) ‘someone/something’],
- to justify (to explain actions or intentions so as to gain the approval of someone)
- to announce one's arrival or departure
- to tell about oneself
- to speak one's mind, to express one's opinion
- to declare, to make known
- to institute
- to be declared, to be made known
- to be announced
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish opowiadać. By surface analysis, o- + powiadać. Compare Kashubian òpòwiadac and Slovincian vôpôwjadac.
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More Polish words
- opowiadanie
- opowiadaniowy
- opowiadawczość
- opowiadawczy
- opowiedacielka
- opowiedzieć
- opowiedź
- opowieści dziwnej treści
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