potrafić

Meaning

  1. to know how, to be able to, can (to have enough skill, strength, means, or ability to do something)
  2. to be able to, can (to be designed for something)
  3. to be able to, can (to do something regularly, usually considered negative by the speaker)
  4. to be able to, can (to go to certain limits in one's behavior or to reach a certain state)

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
pot‧ra‧fić
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɔtˈra.fit͡ɕ/
Etymology

From po- + trafić. First attested in 1544. Compare Czech potrefit, Kashubian pòtrafic, Masurian potrasicz, Carpathian Rusyn потрафити (potrafyty), Silesian potrefić, Serbo-Croatian pòtrefiti/по̀трефити, and Slovak potrafiť.

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