podejmować

Polish

Etymology

From podjąć +‎ -ować.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.dɛjˈmɔ.vat͡ɕ/

• Audio 1, podejmować

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• Audio 2, podejmować się

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• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: po‧dej‧mo‧wać

Verb

podejmować impf (perfective podjąć)

1. (transitive, literary) to take up, to initiate, to instigate (to begin an activity)
2. (transitive, literary) to undertake, to engage in (to perform an activity)
3. (transitive) to take up (to restart a previously stopped action or start an activity left by someone else)

   Synonym: przedsiębrać

4. (transitive, literary) to take up, to initiate, to instigate (to begin discussing, writing, or talking about something)
5. (transitive, literary) to collect, to withdraw (to take e.g. money from a bank)
6. (transitive, literary or archaic) to lift up, to raise

   Synonyms: podnieść, unosic

7. (transitive, literary) to take up (to respond with an action that will result in achieving something)
8. (transitive) to host, to entertain, to receive (to accept as a guest and give food and drink to)

   Synonym: gościć

9. (obsolete) to hold up, to support

   Synonym: podtrzymywać

10. (reflexive with się) to commit to, to decide upon
11. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to get up, to stand up

    Synonym: wstawać

12. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be lifted up, to be raiseed

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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