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klepać

klepać

Polish

Verb

klepać impf (perfective klepnąć or wyklepać)

  1. to slap gently, to pat
  2. to smooth out a piece of metal with a hammer or similar tool
  3. (colloquial, usually perfective) to fix bodywork damage on a car
    Dzisiaj będę klepał błotnik od forda.
    Today I will be fixing the fender from the Ford.
  4. (colloquial) to learn by rote, to memorize
    Na polskim było strasznie nudno, klepaliśmy części mowy.
    The Polish class was terribly boring, we were rote learning parts of speech.
  5. (colloquial) to pray thoughtlessly, in a formulaic way; collocates with pacierz, zdrowaśka, etc.
  6. (colloquial) to type on a keyboard
  7. (colloquial) to code, to program, especially with insufficient skill
    Wczoraj przez trzy godziny klepałem ten skrypt, ale dalej nie do końca działa.
    Yesterday I was writing that script for three hours, but it still doesn't fully work.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • klepnąć
  • oklepać
  • poklepać
  • przyklepać
  • sklepać
  • wyklepać
  • zaklepać