przestawać

== Polish == === Etymology === From przestać + -wać. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʂɛˈsta.vat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -avat͡ɕ Syllabification: prze‧sta‧wać === Verb === przestawać impf (perfective przestać) (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop doing something, to desist, to leave off (to interrupt or cease an action) [with infinitive ‘doing what’], [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’] (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop (to lose the ability to use a particular sense) [with infinitive ‘doing what’] (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop (to lose a particular trait; of an action, to cease) [with infinitive ‘doing what’] (auxiliary, intransitive, obsolete) to make do with, to settle [with na (+ locative) ‘with/for what’] Synonym: poprzestawać (auxiliary, intransitive, obsolete) to accede, to assent, to agree [with na (+ locative) ‘with/for what’] Synonyms: przystawać, zgadzać się === Verb === przestawać impf (intransitive) to associate, to commune, to consort [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with someone’] Synonyms: obcować, zadawać się (intransitive) to settle for, to make do with [with na (+ instrumental) ‘for something’] Synonyms: obywać się, ograniczać się, poprzestawać, zadowalać się ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “przestawać”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “przestawać”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)