Polish–English dictionary

wrażliwość

The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.

wrażliwy

Characterized by emotion.

wraży

(attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

wręb

A V-shaped cut.

wrębiać

(transitive) To cut a notch in (something).

wręcz

Completely, wholly.

wręcz przeciwnie

(conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; to the contrary.

wręczać

(transitive) To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow. [from 14th c.]

wredny

Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

wręg

A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.

wrestling

A form of sports entertainment characterized by the performance of choreographed wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes.

wreszcie

(idiomatic) After a long time; eventually.

wróbel

A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

wrobić

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

wrodzony

(of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.

wróg

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

wrogi

(attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

wrogość

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

wrona

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

wrostek

(countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.

wrota

A doorlike structure outside a house.

wrotycz

A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.

wróżba

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

wróżbita

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

wróżbitka

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

wróżby

Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.

wróżda

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

wróżenie

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

wróżka

(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.

wróżyć

To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

wrr

Expresses frustration or anger, especially at one’s own stupidity.

wrzasnąć

To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.

wrzawa

A stir; a fuss or uproar.

wrzeć

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

wrzeciono

(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

wrzecionowaty

(chiefly, _, botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

wrzenie

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.

wrzesień

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.

wrzeszczeć

To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.

wrzód

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

wrzodzenie

The development of an ulcer.

wrzos

Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

wrzosowisko

A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

wrzucić

(transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.

wrzutka

A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.

wsad

(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

wschód księżyca

The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

wschód słońca

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

wschodzić

(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

wścibiać nos

(transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

wścibska osoba

A person who snoops on others; a detective.

wścibski

Too curious; overly interested; nosy.

wściekle

In a furious manner; angrily.

wścieklizna

(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

wściekłość

Extreme anger.

wściekły

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

wsierdzie

(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.

wskaz

(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.

wskazać

(transitive) To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

wskazać kierunek

(transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.

wskaźnik

(figurative, by extension) Anything used as a gauge or indicator.

wskazówka

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

wskazywać

(transitive) To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

wskrzesić

(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.

wskrzeszać

(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.

wskrzeszenie

The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.

wskrzeszony

(often, _, postpositive) Reincarnated.

wspaniałomyślność

The quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.

wspaniałość

The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).

wspaniały

Noteworthy, remarkable, great.

wsparcie

Financial or other help.

wspierać

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

wspierający

Providing support.

wspinać się

(military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification.

wspinaczka

An act of climbing.

wspólna radość

(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.

wspólnicy

(US, legal, &, law enforcement) a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them

wspólniczka

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

wspólnie

In a collaborative manner.

wspólnik

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

wspólnota

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. [from 9th c.]

wspólnota mieszkaniowa

(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.]

wspólny

Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.

współ-

Together: the root word is done co-incidently.

współbiesiadniczka

One who eats at the same table.

współbiesiadnik

One who eats at the same table.

współbieżny

(computing, of code) Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.

współcześnie

At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]

współczesny

From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

współczuć

Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.

współczucie

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion.

współczujący

Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.

współczynnik

(mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.

współdzielony

Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.

współistnieć

(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

współistniejący

Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.]

współistnienie

The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

współlokator

(dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university.

współlokatorka

(dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university.

współmierny

Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.

współmieszkaniec

A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.

współpraca

(uncountable) The act of associating.

współpracować

To work together with others to achieve a common goal.

współpracowniczka

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

współpracownik

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

współpracujący

(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.

współradość

(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.

współrzędna

(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

współsprawca

(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. [from 1414]

współsprawczyni

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

współudział

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

współuzależnienie

A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.

współwięzień

A person with whom one shares a prison cell.

współwięźniarka

A person with whom one shares a prison cell.

współzależny

Mutually dependent; reliant on one another.

współzawodniczka

A person or organization against whom one is competing.

współzawodniczyć

(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

współzawodnik

A person or organization against whom one is competing.

współżyć

(intransitive) To copulate.

wspomagać

(transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).

wspominać

To think of (past events) in retrospect.

wspomniany

(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.

wspomnieć

To think of (past events) in retrospect.

wspomnienia

The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.

wspomnienie

A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

wspomożenie

(informal, often, derogatory) A gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor.

wspornik

(sometimes, attributive) Something which supports.

wśród

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

wstać

To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.

wstąpić

(intransitive, now, _, rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]

wstawać

To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.

wstawiać

(transitive) To put in between or into.

wstawić

(transitive) To put in between or into.

wstawiennictwo

A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.

wstawiony

Intoxicated by drink or drugs.

wstawka

An intervening episode, etc.

wstążka

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

wstecz

(archaic, Geordie) Towards the back or rear; backwards. [First attested prior to 1150.]

wstęga

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

wstęp

(uncountable) Permission to enter.

wstępne trzęsienie ziemi o słabej magnitudzie

(seismology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence.

wstępniak

An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event.

wstępny

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

wstępować

To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.

wstręt

Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing.

wstrętnie

In a disgusting manner.

wstrętny

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

wstrząs

(obsolete, seismology) A violent collision or shock.

wstrząs mózgu

(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.

wstrząs wtórny

(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").