babrać

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babrati.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbab.rat͡ɕ/
• Rhymes: -abrat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: bab‧rać

babrać impf

1. (colloquial, reflexive) to wallow (to get dirty in a sticky liquid) [+instrumental = with what] or [+ w (locative) = in what]

   Synonyms: paciać się, paćkać się, paprać się

2. (colloquial, reflexive) to wallow (to rummage in dirty in a sticky liquid) [+ w (locative) = in what]

   Synonyms: ciapciać się, ciaprać się, paciać się, tytłać się

3. (colloquial, reflexive with się, derogatory) to put up with (to deal with undesirable situations without the intended effect) [+ w (locative) = in what]

   Synonym: paprać się

4. (colloquial, reflexive with się, derogatory) to blunder (to do some job for a long time and often incorrectly) [+ w (locative) = in what] or [+ przy (locative) = in what]

   Synonyms: ciapciać się, paćkać się, paprać się

5. (colloquial, reflexive) to fester (to heal incorrectly while oozing)

   Synonyms: ciapciać się, paćkać się, paprać się

babrać impf (perfective ubabrać or zbabrać)

1. (colloquial, transitive) to splodge, to splotch, to dabble (to dirty something with something soft or wet) [+ w (locative) = in what] or [+ przy (locative) = in what]

   Synonyms: brudzić, ciaprać, paćkać, paprać, tytłać

babrać impf (perfective zbabrać)

1. (colloquial, transitive) to throw together (to do something either incorrectly or carelessly)

   Synonyms: chrzanić, knocić, paprać, partaczyć, partolić

or more rarely:

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