porażka — meaning in English

English meaning

• defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
• failure noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
• loss noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
• trounce verb To beat severely; to thrash.

Senses

porażka is used for these senses in English:

• black eye (figurative) A defeat.
• defeat The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
• failure State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
• loss (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
• trounce An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.

defeat — full definition

1. verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
2. verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
3. noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.

failure — full definition

1. noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
2. noun Not doing something that should have been done.
3. noun The point at which an organ or system stops working properly.
4. noun Someone or something considered unsuccessful.

Related Polish words