Polish–English dictionary

oparzenie

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

oparzenie słoneczne

A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.

oparzyć

(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

opaska

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

opaska kapitana

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

opaska uciskowa

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

opasły

Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

opat

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.]

opatentować

To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.

opatka

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]

opatrunek

(medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

opatrywać

To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid. [from 15th c.]

opatrzyć

To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid. [from 15th c.]

opcja

One of a set of choices that can be made. [from 19th c.]

opcja sprzedaży

(business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.

opcjonalny

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

operacja

(military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).

operetka

(music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

operowany

(in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy

opętać

Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).

opętanie

The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.

opętany

(obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

opieka

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

opieka dzienna

Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.

opiekać na grillu

(transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

opiekować się

(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.

opiekun

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

opiekun zwierząt w zoo

A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

opiekunka

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

opiekunka do dziecka

A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.

opiekunka zwierząt w zoo

A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

opierać

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

opierać się

To press against.

opierzony

(poetic) Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.

opieszałość

The state or quality of being dilatory.

opiłek

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

opiłki

Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.

opiłować

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

opiłowywać

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

opinia

A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.

opinia zwrotna

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.

opiniować

(intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).

opis

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

opisać

(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

opisowy

Of, relating to, or providing a description.

opisywać

(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

opium

(uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

opium dla mas

(by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.

oplątać

(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

oplątywać

(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

opłacać

To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).

opłacalny

Returning a benefit that justifies the initial investment; economical.

opłacić

To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).

opłakiwać

(transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

opłakiwanie

The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.

opłata

The amount of money levied for a service.

opłata celna

(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

opłata drogowa

A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

opodatkować

(transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).

opodatkowanie

The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.

opodatkowywać

(transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).

opoka

(figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.

oponent

An opponent or rival.

oponentka

An opponent or rival.

oponka

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

oponować

To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.

opór

The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.

opór magnetyczny

(physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

opornik

(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

oporność

The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

oporny

Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.

oporny na zmiany

Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.

oportunista

Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.

oportunistka

Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.

opos

Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.

opowiadać

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

opowiadacz

A person who tells stories.

opowiadaczka

A person who tells stories.

opowiadanie

That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.

opowiedzenie

The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.

opowiedzieć

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

opowieść

Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.

opóźniać

To put off until a later time; to defer.

opóźnić

To put off until a later time; to defer.

opóźnienie

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

opóźniony

Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

Oppenheimer

A surname from German.

oprawca

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

oprawiać

(transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.

oprawić

(transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.

oprawka

(jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.

opresja

The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.

oprócz

Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.

oprócz tego

In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).

oprogramowanie

(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

oprogramowanie sprzętowe

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

oprogramowanie szantażujące

(computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.

oprogramowanie szpiegowskie

(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]

oprogramowanie szpiegujące

(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]

oprogramowanie układowe

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

oprogramowanie wymuszające okup

(computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.

opróżnić

(transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.

opryskać

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

opryskiwać

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

opryskiwacz

An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.

opryskliwy

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.

opryszczka

(pathology) A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).

oprzeć się

To press against.

Ops

(Roman god) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.

Ops Consivia

(Roman god) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.

optimum

The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.

optometrysta

A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.

optometrystka

A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.

optyka

(physics) The physics of light and vision: basic optical science.

optymalizacja

The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.

optymalizować

(transitive) To make (something) optimal.

optymalny

The best or most advantageous; surpassing all others.

optymista

A person who expects a favourable outcome.

optymistka

A person who expects a favourable outcome.

optymistyczny

Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. [from early 16th c.]

optymizm

a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome

optymizować

(transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.

opublikować

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]

opuchlizna

(medicine) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

opus

(music) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.

opuścić

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

opuścić pokład

(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore

opust

A reduction in price.

opuszczać

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

opuszczenie

The act of deserting.

opuszczony

No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]

opuszka

The tip of the human finger.

orać

(archaic) To plough.

Oran

A city, port, and province of Algeria.

Orange

A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

orangutan

An arboreal ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.

orator

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

oratorka

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

oratorski

(archaic) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.

oraz

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]

orbita

(pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.

orbital

(physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, representable as a wave function.

orbitować

(astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.

orchestra

(Ancient Greece, theater) A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.

orchidea

A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th c.]

ordalia

(historical) A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.

order

(countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.

ordynacja

That which is entailed.

ordynans

(military) A servant or valet to a military officer.

ordynarność

The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.