udać
Meaning
- to act, to feign (to create a false impression)
- to pretend to be (to intentionally act like a person whom one is not)
- (obsolete) to denounce (to wrongly accuse)
- (obsolete) to share (to give a portion of)
- (obsolete) to get rid of, to do away with
- (obsolete) to remove
- to deceive, to cheat
- to work out, to succeed (to finish as intended or expected)
- to repair, to head off, to go (to go to a particular place)
- (colloquial) to fruit (to have a large output; to mature well)
- (colloquial) to turn out alright (to grow into a person who gains acceptance from those around him)
- (obsolete) to please (to be enjoyable for someone)
- (obsolete) to pretend to be
- (obsolete) to come in handy (to be useful)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
u‧dać
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈu.dat͡ɕ/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish udać. By surface analysis, u- + dać. Compare Czech udat, Kashubian ùdac, and Russian уда́ть/уда́ться (udátʹ).
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