poznawać

From poznać +‎ -wać.

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈzna.vat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -avat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: po‧zna‧wać

poznawać impf (perfective poznać)

1. (transitive) to get to know; to learn (to gain knowledge about)
2. (transitive) to know (to experience something)
3. (transitive) to recognize, to tell (to be able to surmise or guess based on some observations) [with po (+ locative) ‘based on what’] [with z (+ genitive) ‘from what’]
4. (transitive) to get to know; to learn (to begin relations with someone)
5. (transitive) to introduce (to cause someone to begin relations with someone) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with whom’]
6. (transitive) to recognize (to be able to discern someone amongst others from particular traits) [with po (+ locative) ‘by/from what’]

   Poznajesz go? ― Do you recognize him?

7. (transitive) to see, to realize (to be able to guess something; to come to understand)
8. (transitive, obsolete) to have sexual relations with
9. (reflexive with się) to meet, to get to know (to acquaint with for the first time) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with whom’]

   Synonym: zapoznawać się

10. (reflexive with się) to get to know each other, to learn about one another (to find out about each other)
11. (reflexive with się) to recognize (to judge someone or something according to reality) [with na (+ locative) ‘what/whom’]
12. (reflexive with się) to recognize oneself (to be able to discern oneself amongst others from particular traits) [with na (+ locative)] [with w (+ locative)]

    Synonym: rozpoznawać się

13. (reflexive with się) to recognize each other (to be able to discern one another amongst others from particular traits) [with po (+ locative) ‘by/from what’]

    Synonym: rozpoznawać się

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