chować

Inherited from Old Polish chować, from Proto-Slavic *xovati.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.vat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: cho‧wać

chować impf (perfective schować)

1. (transitive) to put away

   chować ciasto do lodówki ― to put the cake in the fridge

2. (transitive) to hide, to conceal; to put something in a place where it will be hard to discover

   Synonyms: kitrać, ukrywać, zatajać

   chować zapałki przed dziećmi ― to hide matches from children

3. (transitive) to raise, to bring up (animals, children)

   Katarzyna chowała dziecko swojej zmarłej siostry. ― Katarzyna was bringing up her dead sister's daughter.

4. (transitive) to bury, to conduct a burial

   Synonyms: hodować, wychowywać

   Rodzina i przyjaciele chowali zmarłego w ciszy. ― Family and friends buried the deceased in silence.

5. (transitive, figurative) to bury, to conceal

   Synonym: grzebać

   Marek chował twarz w dłoniach. ― Marek buried his head in his hands.

6. (reflexive with się) to hide (to put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight)

• chować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• chować in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Old Polish chować, from Proto-Slavic *xovati.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.vat͡ɕ/
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: cho‧wać

chować impf

1. (transitive) to breed, to rear
2. (transitive) to bury, to conduct a burial

• chować in silling.org
• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “chować”, in Słownik gwar śląskich, Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 55