спускатися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From спуска́ти (spuskáty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian спуска́ться (spuskátʹsja), Belarusian спуска́цца (spuskácca), Polish spuszczać się.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [spʊˈskatesʲɐ]
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Verb

спуска́тися • (spuskátysjaimpf (perfective спусти́тися)

  1. to descend, to go down, to come down (to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position)
    спуска́тися в підва́л / в ша́хтуspuskátysja v pidvál / v šáxtuto go down into the basement / into the mine
    спуска́тися схо́дами / по схо́дахspuskátysja sxódamy / po sxódaxto go down the stairs, to go downstairs
  2. (figuratively) to descend [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to something’] (to come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself)
  3. (figuratively) to condescend, to stoop [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to something’ or до то́го, щоб (do tóho, ščob, + verb) ‘to do something’] (to come down from a superior position and do something)
  4. (figuratively) to descend, to fall (of darkness, dusk, mist, night, etc.: to settle upon and start to affect a person or place)
  5. to hang down (of hair, hand, etc.)
  6. (imperfective only, third person only) to descend (of landform, road, etc.: to slope or stretch downwards)
  7. to go downstream
  8. (figuratively, colloquial) to rely on, to count on [with на (na, + accusative)]
    Synonyms: поклада́тися impf (pokladátysja), розрахо́вувати impf (rozraxóvuvaty)
  9. (agriculture, of livestock) to mate [with з (z, + instrumental) ‘with’]
    Synonym: злуча́тися impf (zlučátysja)
  10. passive of спуска́ти impf (spuskáty)

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