przejąć

== Polish == === Etymology === From prze- + jąć. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpʂɛ.jɔɲt͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -ɛjɔɲt͡ɕ Syllabification: prze‧jąć === Verb === przejąć pf (imperfective przejmować) (transitive) to take over (to become the owner of something that previously belonged to someone else) (transitive) to take (to take something that someone else was holding and start holding it) (transitive) to take over (to replace someone in some role) (transitive) to seize (to stop something that was meant to reach its destination) (transitive) to acquire (to begin to apply something that was previously characteristic of another person or group of people) [with od (+ genitive) ‘from whom’] Synonym: przewziąć (transitive, sports) to intercept (to take the ball or puck from a player of the opposing team) (transitive, of a person or thing) to take, to take over (to evoke in someone some feeling or state) [with instrumental ‘with what’] (transitive, of an emotion) to take, to take over (to manifest in someone at a very high intensity) (transitive) to take (to evoke an emotional reaction in someone) (transitive, obsolete) to get through (to go to the other side of) (transitive, obsolete) to embrace (to gird with something) (reflexive with się) to handle (to take something seriously and take action) [with instrumental ‘what’] Synonym: wziąć do serca (reflexive with się) to worry; to overthink (experience unpleasant feelings due to a situation) [with instrumental ‘what’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “przejąć”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “przejąć”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)