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rozpakowywać
(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
rozpalać
To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
rozpalić
To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
rozpałka
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
rozpaść się
(intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts.
rozpierducha
A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
rozpieścić
(transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
rozpieszczać
(transitive) To treat gently or with great care.
rozpiętość skrzydeł
The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).
rozplanowanie
A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
rozplątać
(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
rozplątywać
(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
rozpłakany
Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
rozpływać się
(intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
rozpocząć
(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
rozpoczęcie
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
rozpoczęcie meczu
(football, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.
rozpoczęcie spotkania
(football, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.
rozpoczynać
(intransitive, dated) To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.
rozporek
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
rozporządzanie
(legal) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.
rozporządzenie
(US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
rozporządzenie władz lokalnych
(often, in the plural) A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
rozpowszechniać
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
rozpowszechnić
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
rozpowszechniony
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
rozpoznać
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
rozpoznanie
The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
rozpoznawać
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
rozpoznawalny
Able to be recognized.
rozpraszać
(transitive) To divert the attention of.
rozpraszający
Causing disruption or unrest.
rozprawa
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.
rozprawka
(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.
rozproszyć
(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
rozprzestrzeniać
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
rozprzestrzeniać się
(intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
rozprzestrzenić
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
rozprzestrzenienie
(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
rozpuścić
(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
rozpusta
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
rozpustny
Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
rozpuszczać
(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
rozpuszczalnik
A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
rozpychać się
(intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.
rozpylać
(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
rozpylacz
An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.
rozpylić
(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
rozrodowy
Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.
rozrosły
Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy#Adjective.
rozróżniać
(transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
rozróżnić
(transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
rozróżnienie
The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
rozruch
(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
rozrusznik
(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
rozrusznik serca
(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.
rozrywać
(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
rozrywka
An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
rozrzedzić
(transitive) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense.
rozrzedzony
(of a gas etc.) Less dense than usual; thin.
rozrzucić
(dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
rozrzut
(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
rozrzutnica
Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
rozrzutnik
Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
rozrzutność
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
rozrzutny
Wastefully extravagant.
rozsada
(botany) A young plant grown from seed.
rozsądek
Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
rozsądnie
In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
rozsądny
Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
rozsadzać
(transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
rozsądzający
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
rozsiać
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
rozsiewać
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
rozsmarować
(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
rozsmarowywać
(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
rozśmieszać
(transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
rozśmieszyć
(transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
rozstać
(intransitive) To leave the company of.
rozstaj
(figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
rozstanie
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
rozstaw
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
rozstawać
(intransitive) To leave the company of.
rozstrojony
(of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
rozstrzał
(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
rozstrzygająca część uchwały
(legal) The enacting part of a statute.
rozstrzygający
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
rozstrzygany przez sąd
(legal) Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.
rozstrzygnięcie
The act of settling.
rozszarpać
(usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
rozszczepialny
(physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
rozszczepić
(transitive) To cause to undergo fission.
rozszczepić się
(transitive) To cause to undergo fission.
rozszczepienie
(chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
rozszerzać
(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
rozszerzać się
(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
rozszerzenie
(computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
rozszerzyć
(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
rozszerzyć się
(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
roztapiać
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
roztapiać się
(intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.
roztocz
A microscopically small mite, of the Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, or Dermatophagoides farinae species.
roztocze
Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
roztop
The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
roztopić
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
roztopić się
(intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.
roztrajać
(transitive) to cut into three pieces
roztroić
To divide into three equal parts.
roztrojenie
A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.
roztropność
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
roztropny
Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
roztrwonić
(transitive, figurative) To squander or waste.
roztrzepany
Not in a line, straggly.
roztwór
(physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
rozum
(in the plural) Intellect.
rozumieć
(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
rozumienie
Understanding.
rozumiesz?
(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?
rozumny
Wise.
rozumować
(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
rozwadnianie
An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.
rozwaga
Provident care; prudence.
rozwarty
(geometry, specifically, of an, angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
rozważny
Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.
rozweselić
(transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast.
rozwiązać
(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
rozwiązać problemy
(ambitransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.
rozwiązanie
The act of disbanding
rozwiązłość
The state or quality of being promiscuous.
rozwiązły
Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
rozwiązywać
(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
rozwiązywać problemy
(ambitransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.
rozwidlać się
(ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
rozwidlenie
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
rozwidlić się
(ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
rozwidlony
Having branches, or specific kinds of branches.
rozwiedziona
A divorced woman.
rozwiedziony
A divorced man.
rozwiercać
(transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
rozwiertak
A tool for boring a hole wider.
rozwieść
(transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
rozwiewać
(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
rozwijać funkcję
(transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
rozwijać się
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
rozwinąć
(intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
rozwinąć funkcję
(transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
rozwinąć się
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
rozwlekłość
The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.
rozwlekły
A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
rozwódka
A divorced person.

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