dawać

Meaning

  1. to give (to transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone))
  2. to give, to hand, to pass (to place in someone's hand)
  3. to give (to allow someone to have access to, i.e. information)
  4. to give, to put on (to be the performer of)
  5. to give (to cause to exist, particularly something beneficial)
  6. to put (to place in a particular location)
  7. (colloquial) to pay (to cover a given cost) [with za (+ accusative) ‘(paying) for what’]
  8. to give, to send, to put (to cause a given thing to go to a certain place to have something done to it)
  9. to send (to decide that a person will go to a particular location and perform the typical activity at said location)
  10. (colloquial) to sell (to put into the ownership of someone else for a cost)
  11. to give (having the proper authority, to cause a state to affect someone)
  12. (colloquial) to hit (to use physical force against)
  13. to give (to apply some substance on someone that will affect them)
  14. to let, to allow
  15. (colloquial) to turn (to cause something to change directions; to change directions)
  16. (colloquial) to put out; to consent to sex
  17. (colloquial) to fall with intensity
  18. (colloquial) to let, to allow oneself (to permit a particular thing to happen to a person)
  19. to be possible (to be able to be done)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
da‧wać
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈda.vat͡ɕ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dawać.

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Drugie że   każą   im   dawać   dobry
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  przykład .

The second is that they tell them to set a good example.

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