підхопити

Ukrainian

Etymology

From під- (pid-) +‎ хопи́ти (xopýty). Compare Belarusian падхапі́ць (padxapícʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲidxɔˈpɪte]

Verb

підхопи́ти • (pidxopýtypf (imperfective підхо́плювати) (transitive)

  1. to pick up (to lift; to grasp and raise)
  2. to catch (to seize or intercept)
  3. to pick up (to take casually or in passing)
  4. to pick up (to learn, to grasp)
  5. to pick up (to collect a passenger)
  6. to pick up on, to join in, to take up (to adopt a practice in which others already engage)
  7. to pick up (to meet and seduce somebody)
  8. to pick up, to catch (to accidentally acquire a disease)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • підхопи́тися pf (pidxopýtysja)
  • підхо́плення n (pidxóplennja)

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