zwracać

From z- +‎ wracać.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzvra.t͡sat͡ɕ/

• Audio 1, zwracać

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• Audio 2, zwracać się

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• Rhymes: -at͡sat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: zwra‧cać

zwracać impf (perfective zwrócić)

1. (ditransitive) to give back, to return (to place back into the original owner's possession) [+dative = to whom]

   Synonym: oddawać

2. (transitive) to turn in, to pay (to give a sum of money owed to an company, person, or institution) [+dative = to whom]
3. (transitive) to give back, to return (to give a purchased item back to a store in the hopes to regain the money spent) [+ do (genitive) = to what store]
4. (transitive) to turn, to shift, to swing (to change one's direction)

   Synonym: odwracać

5. (transitive) to vomit, to throw up

   Synonym: wymiotować

6. (detransitive) to give back, to return, to restore (to cause someone to regain something immaterial) [+dative = to whom]
7. (transitive, computing) to return (to pass data back to the calling procedure)
8. (reflexive with się) to be returned, to be given back (to give someone paid costs)

   Synonym: wracać się

9. (reflexive with się) to turn (to point one's body or more specifically one's head in some direction)

   Antonyms: obracać się, odwracać się

10. (reflexive with się) to turn to (to begin speaking to someone) [+ do (genitive) = to whom]

    Synonyms: odzywać się, ozywać się

11. (reflexive with się) to turn to (to direct a request) [+ do (genitive) = to whom], [+ z (instrumental) = with what], [+ po (accusative)], or [+ o (accusative) = for what], [+ żeby (infinitive/past tense) = to do what]
12. (reflexive with się) to turn against (to work or act against someone) [+ przeciwko (dative) = against whom/what]
13. (reflexive with się) to turn to (to become interested in) [+ do (genitive)] or [+ ku (dative) = to what]
14. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to turn around (to change one's direction)

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