dawać kosza
Polish
Etymology
Literally, “to give [a] basket”. Compare Czech dávat košem, Danish give en kurv, German einen Korb geben, Swedish ge korgen, Ukrainian дава́ти відкоша́ (daváty vidkošá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.vat͡ɕ ˈkɔ.ʂa/
- Syllabification: da‧wać ko‧sza
Verb
dawać kosza impf (perfective dać kosza)
- (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) to jilt, to snub, to turn down (to decline someone's advances)
- Coordinate term: dostawać kosza
Conjugation
Further reading
- dawać kosza in Polish dictionaries at PWN