zostawiać

From zostawić +‎ -ać.

• IPA^(key): /zɔˈsta.vjat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -avjat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: zo‧sta‧wiać

zostawiać impf (perfective zostawić)

1. (transitive) to leave (to not take something with oneself when departing a place)

   Synonyms: ostawiać, pozostawiać

2. (transitive) to leave (to transfer to someone such that that person may receive it or familiarize themself with it) [+dative = to whom] [+ dla (genitive) = for whom]

   Synonym: pozostawiać

3. (transitive) to leave (to not get rid of something for someone) [+dative = to whom] [+ dla (genitive) = for whom]

   Synonym: pozostawiać

4. (transitive) to leave (to cause something to remain or enter a particular state)

   Synonym: pozostawiać

   zostawiać drzwi otwarte ― to leave a door open

5. (transitive) to leave (to decide to perform a given action at a later time; to use a given object at a later time)

   Synonyms: odkładać, pozostawiać

6. (transitive) to leave (to transfer possession of after death) [+dative = whom]

   Synonym: pozostawiać

7. (transitive) to leave (to pay for something)
8. (transitive) to leave (to break contact with someone; to desert or separate from)

   Synonyms: opuszczać, pozostawiać

9. (transitive, literary) to leave (to cause someone to be alone after death)

   Synonym: pozostawiać

10. (transitive) to leave (to cause the arisal of something upon finishing an activity)

    Synonym: pozostawiać

    zostawiać ślad ― to leave a trace/mark/trail/imprint; to make one's mark

11. (transitive) to leave (to not perform an action so that someone else may) [+dative = (for) whom]

    Synonym: pozostawiać

12. (transitive, literary) to leave (to stop being engaged with someone or something)

    Synonym: pozostawiać

13. (transitive, colloquial) to leave (to not consume a portion of food or drink)

    Synonym: pozostawiać

14. (transitive, colloquial) to leave (to quit an action or activity)

    zostawiać robotę ― to leave one's job

15. (transitive) to leave (to not fill a given section of free space with something)

    Synonym: pozostawiać

    zostawiać odstęp ― to leave/give space

16. (transitive) to leave (to let alone; to not bother)
17. (transitive, obsolete) to leave behind (to pass, to get ahead of)

    Synonym: wyprzedzać

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