Rozgrywa

Rozgrywa is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Polish verb rozgrywać. It is used to describe someone performing the action of playing out a game, match, or sequence of events, or of unfolding situations in a broader sense.

The verb rozgrywać has several related senses. In sports and games, it means to conduct or play a game or part of a game, as in rozgrywać mecz or rozgrywać partię. In a broader sense, it can mean to develop or unfold events or actions, for example, a sequence of moves in a strategy or a plot within a story. The noun form rozgrywka exists to denote a game, competition, or round, and can also refer to political or strategic maneuvering in figurative uses.

Grammatical notes: rozgrywać is imperfective, so ongoing or repeated actions are described with forms like rozgrywa, rozgrywasz, or rozgrywamy. Its perfective counterpart is rozegrać, used to indicate a completed game or arrangement (e.g., Mecz został rozegrany). The passive participle rozegrany can be used to describe a finished game, as in Mecz został rozegrany.

Examples:

- Mecz rozgrywa się na stadionie. (The match is taking place on the stadium.)

- Zespół rozgrywa akcję po krótkim podaniu. (The team is building an attack after a short pass.)

- Mecz został rozegrany w zeszłym tygodniu. (The match was played last week.)

- W rozgrywce politycznej obie strony dążą do przejęcia inicjatywy. (In the political maneuvering, both sides seek to seize the initiative.)

Related terms include rozgrywka (game, round, competition) and rozegrać (perfective counterpart meaning to complete a game or match).