brać

• IPA^(key): /brat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ
• Syllabification: brać

From bracia.

brać f

1. (collective, dated) company; band (group of people associating with each other)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bьràti (stem *ber-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti, from the root *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), whence English bear.

brać impf (perfective wziąć)

1. (transitive) to take (to grab with the hands)

   Synonym: chwytać

2. (transitive) to take (to take someone or something somewhere with oneself)

   Synonym: zabierać

3. (transitive) to take (into one's possession)
4. (transitive) to get (buy or rent into one's possession)
5. (transitive) to take (by force)
6. (transitive) to take (advantage of)

   Synonym: korzystać

7. (transitive) to get (as payment)
8. (transitive) to take on (a responsibility)
9. (transitive) to take (medicine)

   Synonyms: przyjmować, zażywać

10. (transitive) to beat (be better than)

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bić

11. (transitive) to put on (clothes)

    Synonym: zakładać

12. (transitive, colloquial) to interest

    Synonyms: ciekawić, interesować

13. (transitive, colloquial, of a disease) to take (attack someone)
14. (transitive, colloquial, of an emotion) to take hold (control someone)
15. (transitive) to take after (someone's traits)
16. (transitive, slang) to take; to have sex

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uprawiać seks

17. (transitive, fishing) to bite; to take the bait
18. (transitive) used as a weak verb in collocations

    brać ślub ― to get married

19. (reflexive) to start an activity

    Bierz się do roboty! ― Get to work!

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