Polish–English dictionary

prosto

Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.

prostoduszny

Naive and trusting.

prostokąt

(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

prostokątny

Having a shape like a rectangle.

prostolinijny

(figurative) Direct; forthright; frank; sincere.

prostoliniowy

In a straight line.

prostopadła

(geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.

prostopadły

(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).

prostość

Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. [from 15th c.]

prostota

The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity. [from 16th c.]

prostować

(transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current. [from 19th c.]

prosty

Requiring little skill or effort.

prostytuować

(transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.

prostytuować się

(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]

prostytutka

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

proszalny

Entreating with humility; supplicant.

proszę

A gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.

proszę bardzo

(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.

proszę cię

An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.

proszę odwrócić

Initialism of please turn over (written at the end of the text on a page to say that it continues overleaf).

proszek na atrament

(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.

prószyć

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

protagonista

(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.

protagonistka

(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.

protaktyn

A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal.

protegowana

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

protegowany

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

protekcjonalizm

(usually, uncountable, pejorative) A patronizing attitude or behavior. [from 1930s]

protekcjonalność

(usually, uncountable, pejorative) A patronizing attitude or behavior. [from 1930s]

protekcjonalny

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

protekcjonizm

(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.

protest

(by extension) A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the making of some demand.

protestancki

(Christianity) Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.

protestant

(Christianity) A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).

protestantka

(Christianity) A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).

protestować

(intransitive) To make a strong objection.

protestująca

(legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

protestujący

(legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

protetyczny

Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis.

protetyka stomatologiczna

Prosthetic dentistry: a specialty of dentistry concerned with the restoration or replacement of damaged or missing teeth or portions thereof.

proteza

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

protokół

(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

proton

(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark. [from 1920]

Provo

A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.

prowadząca

A female anchorperson.

prowadzący

(radio, television) Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.

prowadzenie

(countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course

prowadzenie wojny

The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.

prowadzić

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

prowadzić dochodzenie

(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

prowadzić program pilotażowy

(transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)

prowadzić ranczo

(transitive, intransitive) To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.

prowadzić się

(US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)

prowadzić smyczek

To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.

prowadzić wojnę

(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

Prowansja

A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

proweniencja

Place or source of origin.

prowiant

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

prowincja

(idiomatic, usually, figurative) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.

prowincjonalny

Pertaining to a parish.

prowitamina

Any of a combination of substances that, together, function as a vitamin.

prowizja

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

prowizorka

(informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.

prowizoryczny

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

prowodyr

A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.

prowodyrka

A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.

prowokacja

The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

prowokacyjny

(figurative) Inflammatory, emotionally charged.

prowokator

A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.

prowokować

(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

prowost

A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.

proza

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

prozaicznie

As though stating a fact.

prozaiczność

(uncountable) The quality of lacking variety or excitement.

prozaiczny

Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

prozak

A trade name for the drug fluoxetine.

proziak

(North America, Australia) A flat, round, yeast-leavened form of bread.

próżnia

(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.]

próżność

That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.

próżny

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

prozopopeja

(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this.

prr

Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.

pru

Used to express being cold, to show shivering.

pruć

(intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.

Prudencja

A en given name, one of the Puritan virtue names.

pruderyjny

Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

pruski

Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

prychać

(intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

prychanie

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

prychnąć

(intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

prychnięcie

(colloquial) A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision.

prymarny

(often, postpositive) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.

prymityw

(countable) Someone or something of low education or culture.

prymitywizm

Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.

prymitywny

Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

prymula

(botany) Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.

Pryscylla

A en given name of biblical origin.

pryskać

(ambitransitive, of fluids) To shoot or spray.

prysnąć

(ambitransitive, of fluids) To shoot or spray.

pryszcz

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

prysznic

An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

prywatny

Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.

prywatyzacja

The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.

prywatyzować

(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.

pryzmat

(optics) A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.

pryzmatyczny

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

prządka

Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.

przaśnik

(uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

prze-

again, anew

przeanalizować

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

przearfować

(transitive) To sieve or strain (something).

przebacz

Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

przebaczać

(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

przebaczalny

(often, especially) Worthy of forgiveness because trifling (trivial).

przebaczenie

The action of forgiving.

przebaczyć

(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

przebić

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

przebieg

The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

przebiegłość

The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

przebiegły

Quickly and critically discerning.

przebierać

(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).

przebieralnia

A building where swimmers can change clothes.

przebijać

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

przebimbać

(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.

przebłagiwanie

The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.

przebogaty

(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

przebrać

(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).

przebranie

Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.

przebrnąć

(transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.

przebudzenie

Arousal from sleep or hibernation.

przebudzić się

(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

przebudzony

Not asleep; conscious.

przecena

A reduction in price.

przeceniać

To judge or calculate too highly.

przeceniany

Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.

przechadzać

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

przechadzać się

(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

przechadzka

An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

przechera

Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.

przechodni

(algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.

przechodzić

(transitive, and, intransitive) To pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another.

przechodzić na wyższy bieg

(automotive, cycling) To shift to a higher gear.

przechować

(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

przechowalnia

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

przechowywać

(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

przechrzta

A person who has converted to a religion.

przechwalać s

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

przechwalać się

(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

przechwalanie się

The act of one who brags.

przechwałka

The act of one who brags.