zwracać

From z- + wracać.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzvra.t͡sat͡ɕ/

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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) [with dative ‘to whom’]

   Synonym: oddawać

2. (transitive) to turn in, to pay (to give a sum of money owed to a company, person, or institution) [with 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) [with 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. (ditransitive) to give back, to return, to restore (to cause someone to regain something immaterial) [with 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 address (to begin speaking to someone) [with do (+ genitive) ‘to whom’]

    Synonyms: odzywać się, ozywać się

11. (reflexive with się) to turn to (to direct a request) [with do (+ genitive) ‘to whom’; in addition, with po (+ accusative) or o (+ accusative) ‘for what’; or with żeby (+ infinitive or past-tense clause) ‘to do what’; in addition, with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’]
12. (reflexive with się) to turn against (to work or act against someone) [with przeciwko (+ dative) ‘against whom/what’]
13. (reflexive with się) to turn to (to become interested in) [with 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