dostawać

From do- +‎ stawać.

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈsta.vat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -avat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: do‧sta‧wać

dostawać impf (perfective dostać)

1. (transitive) to get (to begin to own or be able to use a particular item as a result of it being transferred from the person to whom it previously belonged) [with od (+ genitive) ‘from whom’]

   Synonym: otrzymywać

2. (transitive) to get (to be in a situation where something a person wanted has become available to them as a result of someone else's decision and they can use it according to their needs)

   Synonym: otrzymać

3. (transitive) to get (to become the recipient of someone else's action)

   Synonym: otrzymywać

4. (transitive) to get (to be named in a specific way so that a given name is now assigned to a given object)
5. (transitive) to get (to buy or rent something for a certain amount of money) [with za (+ accusative) ‘for how much’]
6. (transitive) to get (to contract, to develop, to catch; to start to experience something bothersome and unpleasant) [with genitive]

   Synonym: nabawiać się

7. (transitive) to get (to begin to be characterized by some trait) [with genitive]
8. (transitive) to get (to receive treatment or medicine from a doctor)
9. (transitive) to get (to be the recipient of something negative or harmful, i.e. a punishment or fee) [with za (+ accusative) ‘for what’]

   Synonym: obrywać

10. (transitive) to get (to be the recipient of i.e. teaching, care, etc.) [with accusative ‘what person is performing the teaching, care, etc.’]
11. (transitive, colloquial) to get (to detain someone that has done something wrong)
12. (transitive, colloquial) to get hit (to be the recipient of hits or blows) [with instrumental ‘by what’, along with w (+ accusative) or po (+ locative) ‘where, what part of the body’, along with od (+ genitive) ‘by whom’]

    Synonyms: oberwać, zarobić

13. (intransitive, dated) to reach out (to extend a body part towards something) [with instrumental ‘with what part of the body’ and do (+ genitive) ‘to what’]

    Synonym: dosięgać

14. (transitive, dated) to get out (to cause something to go out of something from the inside)

    Synonym: wydobyć

15. (intransitive) to last, to suffice, to be enough

    Synonym: wystarczać

16. (reflexive with się) to get; to get in (to arrive, to start being at a destination)

    Synonym: docierać

    Antonym: wydostawać się

17. (reflexive with się) to get; to get in (to obtain some status or the ability to use some services)
18. (reflexive with się) to be gotten (to be obtained; especially if unexpected and beneficial) [with dative ‘(by) whom’]

dostawać impf (perfective dostać)

1. (reflexive with się, impersonal) to get what's coming to one (to face negative consequences for one's actions) [with dative ‘subject’ and za (+ accusative) ‘for what’ and od (+ genitive) ‘from whom’]

   Synonym: obrywać się

• dostawać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dostawać in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• odstawać