Polish–English dictionary

pomysłodawca

(figuratively) Someone who originates something.

pomysłodawczyni

(figuratively) An innovative leader in a field; a pioneer.

pomysłowość

A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

pomysłowy

Having a lively or creative imagination.

pomywacz

A machine for washing dishes.

pomywaczka

A machine for washing dishes.

pon.

Abbreviation of Monday.

ponad

Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. [from ca. 1150–1350]

ponad-

over, above

ponadczasowość

The property of being timeless.

ponadczasowy

Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.

ponadpaństwowy

Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.

ponadto

By way of addition; in addition to; also.

poncho

A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.

Poncjusz Piłat

(biblical character) Pontius Pilate, the man who, according to the Bible, ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.

poncz

A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

ponczo

A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.

pończocha

A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.

ponęta

(also, figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.

ponętny

having to power to allure

poniedziałek

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.

poniekąd

As it were; figuratively speaking; in a manner, in a way, in a certain respect.

ponieważ

Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).

poniewczasie

In a belated manner; tardily.

poniżać

(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

poniżający

Degrading; that degrades.

poniżej

Lower in spatial position than.

poniżenie

The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society

poniżyć

(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

ponoć

According to someone's allegation.

ponowić

(transitive) To do or say again (and again).

ponowne narodziny

Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

ponowne otwarcie

the act of opening something again

ponowne rozpatrzenie

The act of reconsidering or something reconsidered.

ponowne uruchomienie

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

ponownie

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]

ponownie odkryć

(transitive) To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.

ponownie odkrywać

(transitive) To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.

ponownie rozważać

(ambitransitive) To consider a matter again.

ponownie rozważyć

(ambitransitive) To consider a matter again.

ponowny rozruch

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

Pont

An ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking.

ponton

A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.

pontyfikat

(usually) The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

ponurak

Like a spoilsport.

ponury

Expressing gloom or melancholy.

poobiednia drzemka

(countable) A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.

pooperacyjny

Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

pop

Pop music.

popadia

(colloquial, obsolete) A priest’s wife.

poparcie

Financial or other help.

poparzenie

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

popaść w ruinę

(intransitive, archaic) To fall into ruin or disuse.

popatrzeć

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

popchnąć

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

popcorn

(chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

popędzać

(transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

popędzić

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

popękać

(transitive, intransitive) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

popełniać

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

popełniać krzywoprzysięstwo

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.

popełnić

(transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.

popełnić krzywoprzysięstwo

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.

popielaty

Of or resembling ashes.

popielniczka

A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.

popierać

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

popierać coś jako trzecia osoba

(informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

popierdolony

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.

popiersie

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

popijawa

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.

popiół

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

popitka

(slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.

poplątać się

(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.

poplątany

(archaic) Jumbled, mixed.

popleczniczka

(legal) An individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from legal prosecution.

poplecznik

(legal) An individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from legal prosecution.

popołudnie

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

popołudniówka

A showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.

poporodowy

After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).

popowy

(music) Typical of, or in the style of, pop music.

poprawa

The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.

poprawiać

(transitive) To improve or rectify.

poprawić

(transitive) To improve or rectify.

poprawka

In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

poprawnie

In a correct manner.

poprawny

Free from error; true; accurate.

popręg

A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

poprosić

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

poprosiłbym

(often, with yes) Used as an affirmative to an offer.

poprószyć

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.

poprowadzić

(archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.

poprzeć coś jako trzecia osoba

(informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

poprzeczka

(sports) The top of the goal structure.

poprzeczniak

The unplowed boundary of a field.

poprzeczny

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

poprzedni

(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

poprzedniczka

One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

poprzednik

A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.

poprzednio

(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time; already.

poprzedzać

(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.

poprzedzający

Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

poprzez

(Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).

populacja

A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.

popularność

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.

popularny

Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.

populista

A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.

populistka

A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.

popychać

(intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.

popychadło

Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.

por

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

por.

Compare; compare to; compare with.

pora

(countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).

pora roku

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

porąbać

(transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner. [circa 12th c.]

porada

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

poradnik

A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

poradzić

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

poradzić sobie

(transitive) To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by.

poranek

(archaic, or, poetic) Evening.

porażający

(figuratively) Of very large or widespread effect.

porażenie

(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

porażenie dziecięce

(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

porażenie prądem

(informal, proscribed, ) A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not.

porażenie słoneczne

(medicine) Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays.

porażka

(figurative) A defeat.

porcelana stołowa

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

porcja

A portion of something.

poręba

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

poręcz

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

poręczyciel

Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.

pornograf

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

pornografia

The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]

pornograficzny

Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.

poród

(countable) An instance of childbirth.

porodówka

A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

poronić

(archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15th c.]

poronienie

(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]

porośnięty krzakami

Covered with or consisting of scrub.

porost

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

porowaty

Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.

porównać

(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.

porównanie

(obsolete) Comparison; competition. [16th–17th c.]

porównawczy

Of or relating to comparison.

porównywać

(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.

porównywalność

The quality of being comparable.

porównywalny

(often with to) Able to be compared (to).

porozmawiać

(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.

porozumieć

(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]

porozumienie

(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

porozumiewać

(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]