przedstawiać

Etymology

From przedstawić +‎ -ać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʂɛtˈsta.vjat͡ɕ/

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

Verb

przedstawiać impf (perfective przedstawić)

1. (transitive) to introduce (to cause someone to be acquainted with someone else) [with dative ‘to whom’]

   Synonym: prezentować

2. (transitive) to introduce; to present, to put forward (to make something or someone known by announcement or recommendation) [with dative ‘to whom’]

   Synonym: prezentować

3. (transitive) to introduce; to present, to put forward (to make a proposal) [with dative ‘to whom’]

   Synonym: proponować

4. (transitive) to present; to feature, to picture (to show publicly) [with dative ‘to whom’]
5. (transitive) to present; to feature, to picture (to describe someone or something in an artistic work) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]

   Synonym: pokazywać

6. (transitive) to present; to feature, to picture (to take up some topic)
7. (transitive) to present, to put forward (to nominate someone as a candidate for something) [with do (+ genitive) ‘for what’]
8. (transitive) to present, to put forward (to become or appear to be someone or something, to give a particular appearance)
9. (transitive, obsolete) to represent (to act in someone's name)

   Synonym: reprezentować

10. (reflexive with się) to introduce oneself (to cause someone to be acquainted with oneself) [with dative ‘to whom’ and jako (+ nominative) ‘as whom’]
11. (reflexive with się) to present oneself (to become clear or understood for someone) [with dative ‘to whom’]
12. (reflexive with się) to present oneself (to give a particular impression of oneself)

    Synonym: pokazywać się

13. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to present oneself, to put oneself forward (to nominate oneself as a candidate for something)
14. (reflexive with sobie, literary) to picture (to create an image in one's mind of something unknown) [with accusative ‘whom/what’]

    Synonyms: wyobrażać sobie, wizualizować

Verb

przedstawiać impf

1. (transitive) to pass for

   Synonym: uchodzić

Further reading

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