kombinować

Adapted borrowing of French combiner +‎ -ować.

• IPA^(key): /kɔm.biˈnɔ.vat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: kom‧bi‧no‧wać

kombinować impf (perfective skombinować)

1. (transitive) to combine (to bring two or more things or activities together)
2. (transitive, colloquial) to rustle up, to wangle (to forage for, or to quickly prepare, something)
3. (transitive, colloquial) to figure out, to infer (to come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce)

kombinować impf (perfective wykombinować)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to get creative, to finagle, to fainaigue, to wangle, to weasel (to try to resolve a problem with unusual ways)

   Józek kombinował, jak wykorzystać swój stary toster, i przerobił go na grzejnik. ― Józek got clever with his old toaster, and he turned it into a heater.

2. (transitive, colloquial) to pull, to get up to, to cheat, to trick, to scheme (to do or perform, especially something seen as negative by the speaker)

   Co ty tam znowu kombinujesz? ― What are you trying to pull there again?

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