Dictionaries › Polish

dostawać

Pronunciation: /dɔˈsta.vat͡ɕ/

“dostawać” is a Polish word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to get (to begin to own or be able to use a particular item as a result of it being transferred from the person to whom it previously belonged)
  2. to get (to be in a situation where something a person wanted has become available to them as a result of someone else's decision and they can use it according to their needs)
  3. to get (to become the recipient of someone else's action)
  4. to get (to be named in a specific way so that a given name is now assigned to a given object)
  5. to get (to buy or rent something for a certain amount of money)
  6. to get (to contract, to develop, to catch; to start to experience something bothersome and unpleasant)
  7. to get (to begin to be characterized by some trait)
  8. to get (to receive treatment or medicine from a doctor)
  9. to get (to be the recipient of something negative or harmful, i.e. a punishment or fee)
  10. to get (to be the recipient of i.e. teaching, care, etc.)
  11. to get (to detain someone that has done something wrong)
  12. to get hit (to be the recipient of hits or blows)
  13. to reach out (to extend a body part towards something)
  14. to get out (to cause something to go out of something from the inside)
  15. to last, to suffice, to be enough
  16. to get; to get in (to arrive, to start being at a destination)
  17. to get; to get in (to obtain some status or the ability to use some services)
  18. to be gotten (to be obtained; especially if unexpected and beneficial)
  19. synonym of dojrzewać (“to ripen”)
  20. synonym of zostać (“to remain, to stay”)

Etymology

From do- + stawać.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “dostawać” there

More Polish words

About this dictionary

The Polish dictionary on Glottosphere has 73,682 entries with a page. Browse the Polish dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.