Polish–English dictionary

unicestwić

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

uniemożliwiać

(archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

uniemożliwić

(archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

unieruchamiać

(figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.

unieruchamianie

The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.

unieruchomić

(figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.

unieruchomienie

The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.

unieść

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

unieść się

(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

unieśmiertelniać

To make eternally famous.

unieśmiertelnić

To make eternally famous.

unieważniać

(transitive, chiefly, computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.

unieważnić

(transitive, chiefly, computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.

unieważnienie procesu

(legal) A trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.

uniewinnić

(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

uniewinnić od zarzutu

(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

uniewinnienie

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

unifikacja

The act of unifying.

unijny

Related to the European Union.

unikać

(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.

uniknąć

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

uniwerek

(colloquial, chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) University.

uniwersalność

the property of being universal, common to all members of a class

uniwersalny

(of a garment) Designed to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes.

uniwersał

An act of announcing, or giving notice.

uniwersum

An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting.

uniwersytet

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

uniżony

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

unormować

(statistics, transitive) To reduce the variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.

unosić

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

uogólniać

To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.

uogólnić

To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.

uogólniony

Made more general, less specialized.

uosabiać

To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual.

uosobienie

(countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.

upaćkać

(transitive) To make (something) dirty.

upadać

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. [from 14th c.]

upadek

A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.

upadłość

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

upalny

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.

upał

(countable) A hot spell.

upamiętniać

(transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.

upamiętnić

(transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.

upamiętnienie

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.

uparciuch

A person who is intransigent.

upartość

The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

uparty

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

upaść

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. [from 14th c.]

upełnomocnić

To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.

upewniać

(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.

upewniać się

To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]

upewnić

(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.

upewnić się

To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]

upiększać

(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

upiększający

That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.

upiększanie

The act of beautifying.

upiększyć

(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

upierdliwy

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

upierzony

(poetic) Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.

upiór

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

upiorny

Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.

upłynniać

To make (something) into a liquid.

upłynnić

To make (something) into a liquid.

upłynnienie

The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).

upodobnienie

(phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs.

upokarzać

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

upokarzający

Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

upokorzenie

The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

upokorzyć

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

upolityczniać

(transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.

upolitycznić

(transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.

upolitycznienie

(politics) The state of being (or process of becoming) politicized

upomnienie

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.

upór

The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.

uporczywy

(of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.

uporządkować

(by extension) To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.

uporządkowany

Methodical or systematic.

uporządkowywać

(transitive) To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.

upośledzenie

(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.

upoważnienie

(countable) An act of authorizing.

upozorować

(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

upozorowywać

(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

Uppsala

A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.

uprać

To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.

uprasować

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

upraszczać

(idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.

upraszczać się

(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.

uprawa

The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:

uprawiać

To grow plants, notably crops.

uprawiać ipsację

(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.

uprawiać ogródek

(intransitive) To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.

uprawić

To grow plants, notably crops.

uprawniony

Having a justification.

uprawomocnienie

The act of validating something.

uprościć

(idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.

uprościć się

(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.

uproszczenie

The act of simplifying or something that has been simplified.

uprowadzać

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

uprowadzenie

Leading away; a carrying away. [from early 17th century.]

uprowadzić

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

uprowadziciel

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

uprowadzicielka

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

uprząż

(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.

uprzedmiotawiać

(transitive, intransitive) To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

uprzedmiotowić

(transitive, intransitive) To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

uprzedni

Earlier, either in time or in order.

uprzednio

At an earlier or preceding time.

uprzedzenie

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

uprzedzone

Having prejudices.

uprzedzony

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

uprzędzony w domu

(of yarn) Spun in the home.

uprzejmie

In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.

uprzejmość

(uncountable) The quality of being polite.

uprzejmy

Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.

uprzemysłowiony

Having undergone industrialization

uprzywilejowany

Having special privileges.

UPS

(electronics) Initialism of uninterruptible power supply/source.

upust

A reduction in price.

upust krwi

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

upuszczać

(transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]

uradowany

Pleased; happy; gratified.

urąganie

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

Uran

(astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.

Uranos

(astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.

uratować

To save from any violence, danger or evil.

uraz

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

uraz biczowaty

(countable) The lash of a whip.

uraz biczowy

(countable) The lash of a whip.

uraz psychiczny

An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.

uraza

(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

urażać

(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

urazić

(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

Urban

(uncommon) A en given name.

urdu

Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani.

uregulowanie

(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

urlop

A leave of absence or vacation.

urna

(Britain) An urn.

urobek

(economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

uroczo

In an adorable manner.

uroczy

Pleasant, charismatic.

uroczyście

In a solemn manner.

uroczystość

The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.

uroczysty

Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality.

uroda

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

urodzaj

The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.

urodzajny

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

urodzenie

(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

urodziny

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

urodziwie

In a beautiful manner.

urodziwy

Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.