zagadać
Polish
Etymology
From za- + gadać.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaˈɡa.dat͡ɕ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -adat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: za‧ga‧dać
Verb
zagadać pf (imperfective zagadywać)
- (transitive) to engage, to accost, to strike up a conversation with
- (transitive) to fast-talk, to distract by talking, to talk at
- (transitive) to talk out, to talk away (e.g. a problem)
- (reflexive) to lose track (e.g. of time) through excessive talking
Conjugation
Conjugation of zagadać pf
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | masculine | feminine | neuter | virile | nonvirile | |
| infinitive | zagadać | |||||
| future tense | 1st | zagadam | zagadamy | |||
| 2nd | zagadasz | zagadacie | ||||
| 3rd | zagada | zagadają | ||||
| impersonal | zagada się | |||||
| past tense | 1st | zagadałem | zagadałam | zagadaliśmy | zagadałyśmy | |
| 2nd | zagadałeś | zagadałaś | zagadaliście | zagadałyście | ||
| 3rd | zagadał | zagadała | zagadało | zagadali | zagadały | |
| impersonal | zagadano | |||||
| conditional | 1st | zagadałbym | zagadałabym | zagadalibyśmy | zagadałybyśmy | |
| 2nd | zagadałbyś | zagadałabyś | zagadalibyście | zagadałybyście | ||
| 3rd | zagadałby | zagadałaby | zagadałoby | zagadaliby | zagadałyby | |
| impersonal | zagadano by | |||||
| imperative | 1st | niech zagadam | zagadajmy | |||
| 2nd | zagadaj | zagadajcie | ||||
| 3rd | niech zagada | niech zagadają | ||||
| passive adjectival participle | zagadany | zagadana | zagadane | zagadani | zagadane | |
| anterior adverbial participle | zagadawszy | |||||
| verbal noun | zagadanie | |||||
Further reading
- zagadać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zagadać in Polish dictionaries at PWN