stop

[stɔp] 1. n

przystanek m; (also: full stop) kropka f

2. vt

person powstrzymywać (powstrzymać perf); car zatrzymywać (zatrzymać perf); pay wstrzymywać (wstrzymać perf); crime zapobiegać (zapobiec perf) +dat

3. vi

person zatrzymywać się (zatrzymać się perf); watch, clock stawać (stanąć perf); rain, noise ustawać (ustać perf)

to come to a stop — zatrzymywać się (zatrzymać się perf)

to stop a cheque — wstrzymywać (wstrzymać perf) wypłatę z czeku

to stop doing sth — przestawać (przestać perf) coś robić

to put a stop to — kłaść (położyć perf) kres +dat

to stop sb (from) doing sth — powstrzymywać (powstrzymać perf) kogoś od zrobienia czegoś

stop it! — przestań!

Phrasal Verbs:

- stop by

- stop off

- stop up

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[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb

1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) zatrzymać (się)

2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) (po)wstrzymać (się)

3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) przestać, skończyć się

4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) zatykać

5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) nacisnąć

6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) zatrzymać się

2. noun

1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) przerwa

2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) przystanek

3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) kropka

4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) klapka, rejestr

5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) ogranicznik

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- stoppage

- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up