zrobić

Meaning

1. to make (to cause the existence of)
2. to do (to perform; to execute)
3. to make; to cause (to effect or produce by means of some action)
4. to throw (to organize; to cause something to happen)
5. to make (to cause someone to take on traits of something, to become something)
6. to make (to unfairly assign traits of something to someone or something)
7. used as a generic verb, sometimes to replace another; to do
8. used anaphorically instead of repeating a previous verb; to do
9. to act, to behave
10. to come about, to arise
11. to get, to become
12. to start to feel
13. (colloquial) to dress to kill
14. to be done; to be made

Hyphenated as

zro‧bić

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzrɔ.bit͡ɕ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zrobić. By surface analysis, z- + robić. Compare Kashubian zrobic, Slovincian zrôbjic, Ukrainian зроби́ти (zrobýty), and Belarusian зрабі́ць (zrabícʹ).

Sentences

Trzeba coś zrobić z czasem .

Something needs to be done over time.

" Powiedziano mi , że prawo nie może panu nic zrobić ."

“I was told the law couldn't do anything to you.”

Nikt nie ma dość rozumu na to , by rzecz właściwą zrobić w odpowiednim czasie .

No one has the sense to do the right thing in the right time.

— A cóż mamy zrobić ? — odezwał się .

— What should we do? — he said.

— Jeszcze mam zrobić cztery zadania matematyczne.

— I still have four mathematical tasks to do.

Nie umiał zatrzymywać moczu i zanim zdołano cośkolwiek zrobić , miał mokre majtki .

He couldn't hold his urine and had wet panties before anything could be done.