No. 14,470 in Polish
przestać
"Przestać" means "to stop" or "to cease."
In a sentence
Musisz przestać jeść słodycze.
You must stop eating sweets.
The word 'przestać' is used to indicate stopping a continuous action, which in this case is eating sweets.
Nie mogę przestać myśleć o wakacjach.
I can't stop thinking about the vacation.
Here, 'przestać' reflects the inability to cease a mental activity, thinking.
Przestałem wierzyć w tę historię.
I stopped believing in this story.
In this sentence, 'przestać' conveys the cessation of a belief or trust in something.
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