rzucać

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *řuťati. By surface analysis, rzucić +‎ -ać.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐu.t͡sat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ut͡sat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: rzu‧cać

rzucać impf (perfective rzucić)

1. (transitive) to throw; to pitch, to toss, to cast (to release (an object) with some force from one's hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air) [with accusative or instrumental ‘whom/what’, along with w (+ accusative) ‘at whom’ or o (+ accusative) ‘against what’]
2. (transitive) to cast (to give light or shadow) [with na (+ accusative) ‘at/on what’]
3. (transitive) to quit (to stop doing something, e.g. smoking)

   Synonyms: opuszczać, porzucać

4. (transitive, colloquial) to dump (to end a relationship or end contact with)

   Synonyms: opuścić, porzucić

5. (transitive) to blurt out (to utter something quickly and briefly)
6. (transitive, colloquial) to jot down (to record on some surface) [with na (+ accusative) ‘onto what’]

   Synonym: przelewać

7. (transitive) Used as a light verb.
8. (transitive) to speak (to utter something) [with accusative or instrumental]
9. (transitive) to throw (to move something suddenly or violently) [with accusative or instrumental]
10. (transitive) to shake, to jolt (to cause a sudden and unintentional movement of something) [with accusative or instrumental]

    Synonym: potrząsać

11. (transitive) to send off (to direct someone someone or have them do something) [with do (+ genitive) ‘to what’]

    Synonym: wyprawiać

12. (transitive, colloquial) to put up (to make available for sale, usually in reference to little accesible goods in stores during Communist Poland) [with do (+ genitive) ‘where’]
13. (transitive, martial arts) to throw (to grab with one's hands and throw to the ground)
14. (transitive, sports) to shoot (to score a goal with a ball)
15. (transitive) to throw (to knock someone over, hit someone against something)
16. (transitive) to connect (to build, to construct something that connects two opposite points)
17. (transitive) to get, to settle (to decide about someone's place of residence or work)
18. (transitive) to shake (to cause something to move up and down)
19. (transitive, obsolete, rare) to throw on (to begin to wear)
20. (transitive, obsolete, hunting, of animals) to give birth
21. (reflexive with się) to throw oneself (to attack physically) [with na (+ accusative) ‘at whom’] [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’]

    Synonym: napadać

22. (reflexive with się) to throw oneself (to move in a particular direction quickly)

    Synonyms: pobiegać, popędzać

23. (reflexive with się) to throw oneself (to jump or fall somewhere aiming for a particular location)
24. (reflexive with się) to throw oneself at (to do something with great commitment) [with na (+ accusative) or do (+ genitive) ‘at what’]

    Kobiety rzucały się na niego. ― Women were throwing themselves at him.

    Moje szczurki rzucają się na awokado. ― My pet rats go crazy for avocado.

25. (reflexive with się) to jolt, to shake (to move suddenly and unintentionally)
26. (reflexive with się) to blurt out (to express one's opposition or annoyance suddenly) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘what’]
27. (reflexive with się, of diseases) to get (to cause a disease somewhere in the body) [with na (+ accusative) ‘what’]
28. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to up and leave (to leave suddenly)
29. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to snap (to react suddenly)
30. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to blow (to spend frivolously)
31. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to throw up (to vomit)

    Synonym: wymiotować

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