poznawać

Polish

Etymology

From poznać +‎ -wać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈzna.vat͡ɕ/

• Audio 1, poznawać

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• Audio 2, poznawać się

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• Rhymes: -avat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: po‧zna‧wać

Verb

poznawać impf (perfective poznać)

1. (transitive) to get to know; to learn (to gain knowledge about)
2. (transitive) to know (to experience something)
3. (transitive) to recognize, to tell (to be able to surmise or guess based on some observations)
4. (transitive) to get to know; to learn (to begin relations with someone)
5. (transitive) to introduce (to cause someone to begin relations with someone)
6. (transitive) to recognize (to be able to discern someone amongst others from particular traits)

   Poznajesz go? ― Do you recognize him?

7. (transitive) to know (to experience something)
8. (transitive) to see, to realize (to be able to guess something; to come to understand)
9. (transitive, obsolete) to have sexual relations with
10. (reflexive with się) to meet, to get to know (to acquaint with for the first time)

    Synonym: zapoznawać się

11. (reflexive with się) to get to know each other, to learn about one another (to find out about each other)
12. (reflexive with się) to recognize (to judge someone or something according to reality)
13. (reflexive with się) to recognize oneself (to be able to discern oneself amongst others from particular traits)

    Synonym: rozpoznawać się

14. (reflexive with się) to recognize each other (to be able to discern one another amongst others from particular traits)

    Synonym: rozpoznawać się

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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