Polish–English dictionary

przegrupować

(transitive) To group or categorize again.

przegrupować się

(intransitive) To pause and become organized again.

przegrupowywać

(transitive) To group or categorize again.

przegrupowywać się

(intransitive) To pause and become organized again.

przegryw

A person who performs menial or routine tasks; a dogsbody.

przegrywać z powodu czasu

(chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.

przegrzać

(transitive) To heat excessively.

przegrzanie

(medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.

przegrzebek

Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.

przegrzewać

(transitive) To heat excessively.

przegrzewanie

A situation where something is overheated.

przegub

(shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.

przeinaczać

To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

przeinaczyć

To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

przeintelektualizowany

(sometimes, derogatory) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

przeistaczać

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

przejąć

(transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

przejadać się

(ambitransitive) To eat too much of.

przejażdżka

A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

przejażdżka kradzionym samochodem dla zabawy

An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner.

przejażdżka samochodem dla zabawy

A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or enjoyment of a vehicle ride.

przejęcie

(economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.

przejedzenie

(uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

przejeść się

(ambitransitive) To eat too much of.

przejęty

(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

przejmować

(transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

przejmować się

(intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

przejrzeć

To ripen too much; to become overripe.

przejrzystość

(uncountable) The quality of being transparent.

przejrzysty

Clear; easily understood.

przejść

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

przejść na emeryturę

(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

przejść na wyższy bieg

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

przejście

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

przejście na emeryturę

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]

przejście podziemne

(rail) A railway junction where at least one track passes under other lines instead of crossing them on the same level, in order to avoid conflicting movements; an underpass.

przejściówka

A transitional or temporary period between other events.

przejściowy

(figurative) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

przekalibrować

To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.

przekalibrowywać

To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.

przekątny

(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).

przekaz

An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.

przekazać

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

przekazać jako ordynację lub majorat

(transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.

przekazanie

The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.

przekaźnik

(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]

przekazywać

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

przekazywać jako ordynację lub majorat

(transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.

przekierowanie

The act of setting a new direction.

przekląć

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

przekleństwo

(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

przeklęty

Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

przeklinać

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

przekład

The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.

przekładać

(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.

przekładacz

A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly

przekładka

One who or that which divides or separates.

przekładnia

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

przekładniowy

(rhetoric) Of or relating to an anastrophe; having an unusual word order.

przekomarzanie się

Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

przekonać

To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.

przekonanie

(countable) A firmly held belief.

przekonany

In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily.

przekonująco

In a convincing manner.

przekonujący

Effective as proof or evidence.

przekonywać

To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.

przekonywający

Able to persuade; convincing.

przekopywać się

(transitive) To root out; to abolish.

przekora

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

przekornik

A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. [from mid 20th c.]

przekorność

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

przekraczalny

That may be passed or traversed.

przekręcać

(transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

przekręcenie

Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.

przekręcić

(transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

przekręt

A fraudulent deal.

przekroczenie

The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).

przekroczenie prędkości

(uncountable) Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

przekrój

(set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.

przekrzywiony

Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.

przekształcać

(transitive) To create (something) as a by-product or a secondary derived work.

przekształcenie

A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.

przekształcić

(transitive) To create (something) as a by-product or a secondary derived work.

przekupka

(pejorative) A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.

przekupność

The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.

przekupny

Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.

przekwitanie

The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.

przelecieć

(transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)

przelew

(legal) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

przelew krwi

A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.

przelicytować

(transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.

przelicytowywać

(transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.

przeliczać

(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.

przeliczyć

(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.

przeliterować

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

przeliterowywać

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

przelotność

An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.

przelotny

Passing quickly; of short duration.

przeludnienie

(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them.

przeludniony

Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.

przełączać

To switch between alternate states.

przełącznik

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

przeładować

(transitive, object-oriented) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.

przełamanie

(tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).

przełęcz

A low point in a mountain range that allows travelers to cross the range.

przełom

Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

przełomowy

Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

przełożony

A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.

przełożyć

(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.

przełożyć (na inny termin)

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

przełyk

The throat or esophagus.

przemaczać

(transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

przemaczać się

(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

przemądrzały

Piously self-assured and smugly moralistic.

przemakalny

(by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.

przemalować

To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.

przemalowywać

To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.

przemęczać się

To exert (oneself) to an excessive degree.

przemęczyć się

To exert (oneself) to an excessive degree.

przemiana

A transformation, such as one performed by magic.

przemiana materii

(physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

przemianować

(transitive) To give a new name to.

przemieniać

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

przemienienie

A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.

Przemienienie Pańskie

(Christianity) An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.

przemierzać

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

przemieścić

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

przemieszczać

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

przemieszczać się

(intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.

przemieszczenie

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

przemijający

(figurative) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

przemoc

Extreme force.

przemoczony

Drenched with water, or other liquid.

przemoczyć

(transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

przemoczyć się

(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

przemokły

Drenched with water, or other liquid.

przemoknięty

Drenched with water, or other liquid.

przemowa

An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. [from 17th c.]

przemówienie

An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. [from 17th c.]

przemyć

(transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.

przemycać

(transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties

przemycić

(transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties

przemyślany

Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.

przemyśleć

To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it.

przemyślenie

thought, meditation, contemplation

przemysł

(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.

przemysłowiec

A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.

przemysłowy

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

przemytniczka

One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.

przemytnik

One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.