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błagać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beg verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
  • beseech verb To beg someone urgently and earnestly for something.
  • crave verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
  • plead verb To argue a case formally, especially in court.
  • pray verb To speak to God or a higher power, whether to give thanks, ask for help, or express devotion.

Senses

błagać is used for these senses in English:

  • beg (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
  • beseech To beg or request for (something).
  • crave (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
  • crave (transitive, archaic, or, literary) To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.
  • plead (intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.
  • pray (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

beg — full definition

  1. verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
  2. verb To plead earnestly with someone, especially to be forgiven or spared.

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