Polish–English dictionary

podroby

The internal organs of poultry birds, used as food.

podróż poślubna

A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.

podróż w obie strony

(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

podróże

(in the plural) A series of journeys.

podróżniczka

One who travels, especially to distant lands.

podróżnik

One who travels, especially to distant lands.

podróżować

(intransitive) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.

podróżować rowerem

(intransitive) To travel by bike.

podróżowanie

The act of one who travels; a journey.

podryw

A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger.

podrywać

(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.

podrzeć

To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.

podrzeć się

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

podrzędny

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

podrzemać

(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

podrzucać

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

podrzucić

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

podrzutek

A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.

podściółka

Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.

podskakiwać

(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

podskoczyć

(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

podskórny

Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis.

podsłuch

(slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.

podsłuchać

(ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.

podsłuchanie

Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.

podsłuchiwać

To eavesdrop; to listen secretly.

podsłuchiwacz

One who eavesdrops.

podsłuchiwaczka

One who eavesdrops.

podsłuchiwanie

(telecommunication) The interception of electronic communication.

podstacja

A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.

podstawa

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

podstawa słowotwórcza

(linguistics) A word used as a base, to whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.

podstawiać

(transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.

podstawiać nogę

(transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

podstawić

(transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.

podstawić nogę

(transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

podstawienie nogi

The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.

podstawka

(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

podstawowe pożywienie

A basic or essential supply.

podstawowy

Necessary, essential for life or some process.

podstawowy artykuł

A basic or essential supply.

podstawy

(Canada, US, alone, or, postpositive, chiefly, humorous) Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary.

podstęp

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

podstępny

Skillful at deceiving others.

podsufitka

(automotive) The interior fabric covering the ceiling-like area inside of a vehicle.

podsumować

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

podsumowanie

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

podsumowywać

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

podświadomie

Below the level of conscious awareness.

podświadomość

The state of being subconscious.

podświadomy

(psychology) Without directed thought or awareness.

podsycać

(transitive) To provide with fuel.

podsypka

Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.

podszept

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

podszewka

The material used for such a covering.

podszycie

The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.

podszyt

The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.

podtekst

(literature) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.

podtopienie

A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.

podtrzymać

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

podtrzymywać

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

podtrzymywalny

Able to be sustained.

podtytuł

(authorship) A heading below or after a title.

poduszka

(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

poduszka powietrzna

(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.

poduszkowiec

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

podwajać

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

podwalina

That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.

podwiązka

A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.

podwieczorek

(Britain, dialectal, historical) A light meal taken out to agricultural labourers in the afternoon.

podwiezienie

A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

podwijka

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

podwika

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

podwładny

(countable) One who is subordinate.

podwodny

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

podwoić

(transitive) To multiply by two.

podwójna

(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.

podwójnie

(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

podwójny

(botany) In two parts; having two parts in each whorl of a flower.

podwojony

Of twice the quantity.

podwórko

A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

podwórze

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

podwozie

The base frame of a motor vehicle.

podwyżka

(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes, Canada) An increase in salary or wages.

podwyższenie

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.]

podwzgórze

(neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.

podzbiór

(set theory, of a set S) A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.

podżebrowy

Related to, or located in the hypochondrium.

podżegać

(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.

podżegacz

(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.

podżegaczka

(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.

podżeganie

A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

podzespół

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

podział

(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]

podział władz

A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.

podział władzy

A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.

podzięka

(obsolete)

podziękować

To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).

podziękowanie

(obsolete)

podzielić

(transitive) To separate something into different categories, or compartments.

podzielić się

(transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.

podziemie

(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

podziemny

Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

podziw

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

podziwiać

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

podzwonne

The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

poemat

A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.

poemat epicki

An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

poeta

A person who writes poems.

poetka

A person who writes poems.

poetyka

(philosophy, literature) The theory of poetry, or of literature in general.

poezja

A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.

poezje

A poet's literary production.

pofałdowany

Wavy in appearance or form.

poganiacz bydła

One who drives cattle.

poganiaczka bydła

One who drives cattle.

poganin

A pagan; someone who is neither Christian, Jewish, or Muslim (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included)

poganka

A pagan; someone who is neither Christian, Jewish, or Muslim (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included)

pogański

(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Heathen, pagan.

pogaństwo

paganism, heathendom

pogarda

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

pogardliwy

Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.

pogardzać

To regard with contempt or scorn.

pogarszać

(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

pogarszać się

(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

pogawędka

(countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.

pogląd

(also, figuratively) A brief or cursory look.

pogłaskać

To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.

pogłębiać

(transitive) To make deep or deeper

pogłębić

(transitive) To make deep or deeper

pogłos

(countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.

pogłoska

Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.

pogłowie

(plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.

pognieść

(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.

pogoda

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

pogodny

(archaic) Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.

pogodzenie

The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.

pogodzić

(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

pogodzić się

To make peace, to settle a dispute.

pogoń

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

pogonić

(transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.

pogooglować

To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

pogorszenie

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

pogorszyć

(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

pogorszyć się

(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

pogranicze

Land near a border; marches.

pogratulować

To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.

pogrom

A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews.

pogromca

One who tames or subdues.

pogromczyni

One who tames or subdues.