наткнутися

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From наткну́ти (natknúty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian наткну́ться (natknútʹsja), Belarusian наткну́цца (natknúcca), Polish natknąć się.

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Verb

наткну́тися (natknútysjapf (imperfective натика́тися)

  1. (literally) to bump into, to run into (collide with)
  2. (by extension, colloquial) to bump into, to come across, to run into, to stumble upon (meet or find unexpectedly)
  3. (figuratively) to come up against, to encounter, to hit up against, to run into, to run up against (challenge, difficulty, obstacle, opposition, etc.)

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