імпонувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish imponować, perhaps also influenced by Russian импони́ровать (imponírovatʹ),[1] ultimately from Latin impōnō. With -ува́ти (-uváty) suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [impɔnʊˈʋate]
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Verb

імпонува́ти • (imponuvátyimpf (perfective заімпонува́ти)

  1. (intransitive) to impress [with dative] (to affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to make an impression; to be impressive)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • імпонува́ння n (imponuvánnja)
  • імпоза́нтний (impozántnyj)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk posits a derivation "via Polish and Russian intermediation from German." Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “імпонувати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 299

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