strzelać
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish strzelać, from Proto-Slavic *strěľati.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editstrzelać impf (perfective strzelić)
- (intransitive) to shoot, to fire a projectile weapon [with z (+ genitive) ‘a projectile weapon’] [with do (+ genitive) ‘at something’]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bić
- (intransitive, of a firearm) to fire [with instrumental ‘a projectile’]
- (transitive) to shoot (to kill wild game with a projectile weapon)
- (intransitive) to shoot (to give off a loud sound similar to that of a gun) [with instrumental ‘what’ and z (+ genitive) ‘from what’ and w (+ locative) ‘where’]
- strzelać palcami ― to pop one's fingers
- strzelać drzwiami ― to slam the door
- strzelać w kręgosłupie ― to pop (in) one's spine
- (intransitive, colloquial) to pop, to burst
- Synonym: pękać
- (intransitive, sports) to shoot (to send a ball towards a goal with a hit) [with do (+ genitive) or na (+ accusative) ‘at what’]
- (transitive, sports) to shoot, to score (to gain a point by shooting)
- Synonym: aplikować
- (intransitive, literary) to shoot up (to suddenly go upward)
- (intransitive, literary) to shoot up (to grow taller or larger rapidly)
- Synonym: śmigać
- (transitive, colloquial) to hit [with w (+ accusative) ‘at what’ or po (+ locative) ‘where on the body’]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bić
- (transitive, colloquial) to shoot (to quickly drink a small portion of alcohol)
- (transitive) to shoot off at the mouth
- (intransitive) to shoot, to guess
- (transitive, colloquial) used as a light verb, particularly to replace robić (“to do, to make”)
- (intransitive, mining) to explode
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛlat͡ɕ
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