spowodować

Meaning

1. to cause (to set off an event or action)
2. (obsolete) to make (to force or be the cause of someone doing something)

Hyphenated as

spo‧wo‧do‧wać

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɔ.vɔˈdɔ.vat͡ɕ/

Etymology

From s- + powodować. First attested in 1813.

Sentences

" Gdyby nam się udało spowodować tam wybuch , mielibyśmy wolne przejście ."

“If we could cause an explosion there, we'd have a free passage.”