Meaning of паляваць | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to hunt (to find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport)
   ambitransitive
2. to hunt, to chase, to pursue (to follow somebody with intent to capture or harm)
3. to hunt for (to try to obtain something; search for)
   figuratively, humorous

Equivalents

Examples

“Chciałem ten sprzęt zostawić w dziedzictwie dla dzieci, Jeślibym się ożenił: ten sprzęt mnie darował Książe Dominik, kiedym z nim razem polował”

I intended to leave that gear to my children as a keepsake, If I were to marry. It was given to me as a present By Prince Dominik, when he hunted with me in the woods

“У мяшаных лясох даўней вадзілася вельмі многа зьвяроў, але цяпер іх тутака засталося мала, бо чалавек тут з даўных часоў пачаў паляваць іх і ўсюды пасьпеў іх зьнішчыць.”

There used to be a lot of animals in mixed forests, but now few of them are left around here, because humans started hunting them since a long time ago and managed to drive them to extinction everywhere.

“Dog-goned queery, to say the leest on’t. Who in ole Nick’s name kin be huntin’ out thur—whar theer ain’t game enuf to pay for the powder an shet? I’ve been to thet ere purayra island; an I know there ain’t nothin’ thur ’ceptin’ coyoats.”

It's extremely strange, to say the least. And who would have thought to hunt in such a place? There's no game to be found there. One can't justify gunpowder even for one shot. There's nothing there except for coyotes.

“Everybody was in error. Zeb for the time had forsaken his usual pursuits, or, at all events, the game he was accustomed to chase, capture, and kill. It is true he was out upon a stalking expedition; but instead of birds or beasts, he was after an animal of neither sort; one that could not be classed with creatures either of the earth or the air—a horseman without a head!”

But everybody was in error. This time, Zeb wandered through the woods not in search for game — he went to hunt for the headless horseman.

“Widywał on w cyrkach straszliwe „ury“, sprowadzane z puszcz północnych, na które najdzielniejsi bestiarii polowali z obawą i które jednym tylko słoniom ustępowały w wielkości i sile.”

He had seen in circuses the terrible urus, brought from wildernesses of the north, against which the most daring bestiarii went with dread, and which yielded only to elephants in size and strength.

“Асабліва ўдала Лукаш умеў паляваць на каўбасы або сыры.”

Łukaš was especially good at hunting for sausages or cheeses.

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