командувати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From кома́нда (kománda) +‎ -увати (-uvaty). Compare Russian кома́ндовать (komándovatʹ), Belarusian кама́ндаваць (kamándavacʹ).

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Verb

кома́ндувати (kománduvatyimpf (intransitive)

  1. to command, to issue commands
    Synonym: нака́зувати impf (nakázuvaty)
    Perfective: скома́ндувати (skománduvaty)
  2. to command, to be in command (of: + instrumental case)
    Synonyms: керува́ти impf (keruváty), очо́лювати impf (očóljuvaty)
  3. (by extension, colloquial) to boss around, to order around (+ instrumental case)
  4. (by extension, colloquial) to call the shots, to rule the roost (over: над + instrumental)

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