Polish–English dictionary

osoba

A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.

osoba dorabiająca sobie

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

osoba dorosła

An animal that is full-grown.

osoba duchowna

A cleric; especially, an ordained (male or female) Christian minister.

osoba fizyczna

(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.

osoba grająca na karylionie

One who plays the carillon.

osoba niepożądana

(often, in the plural) An undesirable person.

osoba nosząca bluzę z kapturem

(British, slang, often, derogatory) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.

osoba towarzysząca

A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

osoba transpłciowa

(countable, now, often, offensive) A transgender person

osoba udająca się na zimę na południe

A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.

osoba w niekorzystnej sytuacji

Somebody at a disadvantage.

osoba walcząca z przestępczością

Any person who attempts to prevent crime or apprehend criminals.

osoba z grubą skórą

(figurative) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about them.

osoba, która wlecze się

(informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.

osobisty

Personal; private.

osobisty sekretarz piszący pod dyktando

One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

osobliwa

(linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.

osobliwość

(physics) A location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system.

osobliwy

Exotic, not mainstream.

osobnik

(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.

osobno

Excluded from consideration.

osobny

(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

osobowość

Any sapient or socially intelligent being.

osobowość medialna

(countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]

osobowy

(grammar) Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.

ospa

(inexact, sometimes, _, proscribed, disease) Any disease causing similar symptoms.

ospa prawdziwa

(disease) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

ospały

Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.

ośrodek

A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.

ostaniec

(geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.

ostateczna rozgrywka

The final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.

ostatecznie

(idiomatic) In summary; ultimately.

ostateczny

determining finally, conclusive, decisive

ostatek

A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.

ostatki

The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

ostatni

Last; ultimate.

ostatni raz

Most recently.

ostatnimi czasy

(referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

ostatnio

(referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

ostemplować

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

ostentacja

Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.

osteoporoza

(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

ostoja

An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.

ostra krawędź noża

The sharp edge of the blade of a knife or other cutting tool.

ostrężyna

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

ostro

In a fierce manner.

ostroga

A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.

ostroga brzegowa

(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.

ostrokół

(military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.

ostrokrzew

Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

ostrołódka

Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus.

ostrość

Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

ostrożnie

With care; attentively, circumspectly.

ostrożność

The state of being careful.

ostrożny

Wary, careful, shrewd.

ostry

(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]

ostrym kursem

(nautical, obsolete, of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.

ostrzarka

An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding.

ostrze

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

ostrzelać

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

ostrzeliwać

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

ostrzeżenie

Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.

ostrzyć

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp.

ostudzać

(transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

ostudzić

(transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

osuszać

(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

osuszyć

(transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

osuwisko

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

oswabadzać

(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.

oswajać

(transitive) To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

Oswald

A en given name.

oświadczać się

(intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

oświadczenie

An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.

oświadczyć się

(intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

oświadczyny

The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.

oświata

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

Oświecenie

(historical period) A period of European intellectual history during which the Enlightenment, an intellectual movement emphasizing the importance of logic and reason, flourished, from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century.

Oświęcim

A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.

oświetlać

(transitive) To shine light on something.

oświetlenie

The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

oświetlić

(transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.

oświetlony światłem Księżyca

Lit by moonlight.

oswobodzenie

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

oswobodzić

(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.

oswobodziciel

A person who frees or liberates.

oswobodzicielka

A person who frees or liberates.

oswoić

(transitive) To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

oswojony

Not exciting.

oszacowanie

A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.

oszałamiać

(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.

oszałamiający

Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.

oszańcowanie

(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.

oszczędnie

(manner) In an economical manner; not wastefully; not extravagantly.

oszczędność

A curtailment or reduction.

oszczędnościowy

Saving money or resources.

oszczędny

Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.

oszczędzać

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).

oszczędzić

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).

oszczep

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

oszczerczy

Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.

oszczerstwo

(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

oszędność

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

oszklić

(transitive) To install windows.

oszołom

A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.

oszołomienie

The state of being bewildered.

oszołomiony

Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.

oszpecać

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

oszpecić

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

oszronić

(intransitive) To become covered with frost.

oszroniony

Having frost on it or in it.

oszukać

(transitive) To trick or mislead.

oszukańczy

Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.

oszukiwać

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

oszukiwanie

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

oszust

Someone who cheats.

oszustka

Someone who cheats.

oszustwo

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

ot

(archaic, _, except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).

otaczać

(idiomatic) To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.

otaczający

Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.

otaklować

(transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.

otaklowanie

Dress; tackle; especially (nautical) , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.

otaku

(fandom) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally, _, pejorative) an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga.

otarcie

Injury or wear caused by friction.

otawa

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.

otchłań

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

otępienie

(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.

oto

(archaic, _, except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).

otoczak

(countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

otoczenie

Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.

otoczka

A feeling or sense.

otoczyć

(idiomatic) To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.

otomański

Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire.

otręby

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

otrzymać

(transitive) To obtain.

Ottawa

A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.

Otto

A en given name.

Otton

A en given name.

otumanienie

(figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.

otwarcie

(idiomatic) Openly, without deceit.

otwartość

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

otwarty

Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.

otwierać

(computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.

otwierać ogień

(intransitive) To commence firing weapons.

otwierać się

(obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

otwieracz

A device used to remove the cap from a bottle.

otwór

A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.

otwór nosowy

(marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.

otwór strzelniczy

A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.