Polish–English dictionary

poddana

A citizen in a monarchy.

poddanie się

A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

poddaństwo

The feudal system that includes serfs.

poddany

A citizen in a monarchy.

poddasze

The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

poddawać

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

poddawać recyklingowi

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

poddawać się

(transitive) To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).

podejmować

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

podejmowanie decyzji

The process of reaching a decision.

podejrzana

A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

podejrzany

(figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

podejrzenie

Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.

podejrzewać

(transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

podejrzliwość

Uncertainty, doubt.

podejrzliwy

Wary, careful, shrewd.

podejście

(also, figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.

podekscytowanie

(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

podeprzeć

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

podeptać

To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.

poderwać się

(transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.

podest

A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]

podeszwa

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

podetrzeć

(ambitransitive) To clean (the anus and buttocks) after defecation.

podgląd

Something seen in advance.

podglądacz

A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

podgłówek

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

podgolić

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

podgolony

Having been shaved.

podgorzałka australijska

A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.

podgrupa

A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.

podgrzać

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

podgrzewać

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

podium

A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]

podjąć

(intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).

podjazd

(also, figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.

podjazd do domu

(UK, US) A short private road that leads to a house or garage.

podjudzać

To incite or provoke.

podjudzanie

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

podjudzić

To incite or provoke.

podkład

(music) Any music in a film, video game, or other medium that establishes mood and is not meant to be the focus of attention.

podkład podłogowy

A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.

podkładać

(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.

podkładać pluskwę

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

podkładka

A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.

podkolorować

(figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.

podkolorowany

Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.

podkolorowywać

(figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.

podkowa

A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.

podkradać

(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

podkraść

(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

podkręcić

(informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.

podkreślać

(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize. [from 1865]

podkreślenie

(dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

podkreślić

(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize. [from 1865]

podkreślnik

(dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

podkuć

(transitive) To apply horseshoes to (a horse).

podkurczać się

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

podkurczyć się

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

podkuty

Wearing shoes.

podkuwać

(transitive) To apply horseshoes to (a horse).

podlać

(transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

podlec

(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.

podlewać

(transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

podlewanie

An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.

podlizać się

(transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.

podlizywać się

(transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.

podlodowcowe

Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.

podlot

A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).

podłączać

(idiomatic, slang) To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.

podłączyć

(idiomatic, slang) To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.

podłoga

A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.

podłość

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

podłoże

A layer that lies underneath another.

podłoże emocjonalne

(by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

podłożyć

(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.

podłożyć pluskwę

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

podłużny

Relating to length.

podły

Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful.

podmiejski

Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.

podmiot

(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

podmokły

Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.

podmorski

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

podmuch

A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.

podnająć

(transitive, property law) To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

podnajmować

(transitive, property law) To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

podniebienie

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]

podniecać

(transitive) To excite; to arouse.

podniecenie

Sexual arousal.

podniecić

(transitive) To excite; to arouse.

podniecony

In eager desire, eager, astir.

podnieść

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

podnieść na duchu

(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

podnieść się

(literally) To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.

podniesienie

The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.

podnosić

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

podnosić do drugiej potęgi

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

podnosić do kwadratu

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

podnosić do sześcianu

(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

podnosić na duchu

(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

podnóżek

A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.

podobać

(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

podobać się

(colloquial) To be appealing or suitable.

podobieństwo

Likeness, resemblance.

podobnie

(manner) In a similar manner.

podobno

According to someone's allegation.

podobny

Similar.

podogonie

A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.

podokiennik

(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.

podołać

(ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.

podołek

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.

podomka

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

podopieczna

Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.

podopieczny

Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.

podpalacz

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

podpalaczka

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

podpalenie

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

podpałka

A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires.

podpierać

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

podpiersie

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

podpiersień

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

podpierśnik

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

podpis

A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

podpisać

(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]

podpisany

Having a signature; endorsed.

podpisywać

(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]

podpisywanie

An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.

podpity

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

podpora

A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.

podpórka

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

podporucznik

(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.

podporządkować

To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).

podporządkowanie

The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.

podporządkowany

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

podporządkowywać

To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).

podporządkowywanie

The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.

podpowiadać

(intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

podpowiedź

Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

podpowiedzieć

(intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

podprogowa

(physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally) , below the threshold where a response can be produced. [from late 19th c.]

podprogram

(computer science) A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task.

podpucha

(figuratively) A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.

podrabiać

(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

podrabianie

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

podręcznik

A textbook, a book designed to accompany a specific academic course, or one specified by the writers of the course to be read by its students.

podręcznikowy

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

podręczny

Nearby, within reach.

podrobić

(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

podrobiony

Contraband, bootleg or smuggled.

podróbka

That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.