Polish–English dictionary

wstrząsający

Inspiring shock; startling.

wstrząsnąć

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

wstrząśnienie 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.

wstrzemięźliwość

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

wstrzemięźliwy

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

wstrzykiwać

(transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.

wstrzyknąć

(transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.

wstrzyknięcie

The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

wstrzymać

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

wstrzymywać

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

wstyd

An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

wstydliwy

Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

wszak

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

wszakże

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

wszamać

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

wszczep

(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.

wszczepiać

(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.

wszczepić

(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.

wszczepienie

(surgery) The act of inserting a medical implant.

wszech-

Indicates complete power or authority in an area.

wszechlek

Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.

wszechmoc

Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.

wszechmocny

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful

Wszechmogący

God, the supreme being.

wszechnica

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.

wszechobecność

The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).

wszechobecny

Being everywhere simultaneously.

wszechogarniający

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

wszechstronnie

In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.

wszechstronność

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

wszechstronny

Including everything; universal.

wszechświat

(countable) The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.

wszechwiedzący

Having total knowledge.

wszędobylski

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

wszędzie

Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down. [from before 1150]

wszelaki

All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.

wszelki

(idiomatic, informal) Any, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill.

wszeteczny

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

wszyscy

All people.

wszystek

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

wszystko

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

wszystkowiedzący

Having total knowledge.

wszystkożerca

An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

wtajemniczać

(transitive) To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

wtajemniczony

Part of or privy to; involved in (something private, especially a plan or plot).

wtajemniczyć

(transitive) To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

wtargnięcie

The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.

wtedy

(temporal location) At that time.

wtopa

(figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]

wtorek

The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

wtórnik

The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.

wtórny

Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed. [from early 20th c.]

wtórować

(transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).

wtrącać

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

wtrącać się

(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.

wtrącać swoje trzy grosze

(transitive) To offer, usually unprompted.

wtrącanie

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

wtrącenie

(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.

wtrącić

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

wtrącić się

(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.

wtrącić swoje trzy grosze

(transitive) To offer, usually unprompted.

wtyczka

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

wudu

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

wuef

Physical education class (PE class).

wuj

The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

wujek

The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

wujenka

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

wulgarny

(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]

wulgaryzm

A vulgar epithet.

wulkan

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

wulkanizacja

(engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.

ww.

Previously stated; said or named before.

WWW

Initialism of World Wide Web.

wy

The individual or group spoken or written to.

wyabstrahować

To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.

wyalienować

To cause one to feel unable to relate.

wyasfaltować

(transitive) To pave with asphalt.

wyasygnować

To set aside for a purpose.

wybaczać

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

wybaczalny

Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.

wybaczenie

The action of forgiving.

wybaczyć

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

wybagrować

To bring something to the surface with a dredge.

wybawca

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

wybawczyni

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

wybawiać

To set free from restraint or danger.

wybawić

To set free from restraint or danger.

wybebeszać

(transitive) To eviscerate.

wybebeszyć

(transitive) To eviscerate.

wybić

(transitive) To communicate (a message) by knocking.

wybieg

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

wybielacz

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

wybielić

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

wybierać

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

wybieralność

The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.

wybiórczy

Of or relating to the process of selection.

wybitny

celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious

wyblakły

That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

wyblaknąć

(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

wybój

A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.

wybór

A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.

wyborca

A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.

wyborczy

Of, or relating to elections.

wyborczyni

A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.

wyborny

Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.

wyborowy

Especially good or preferred.

wybory

A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.

wybrać

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

wybredny

Difficult to please; quick to find fault.

wybrzeże

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

wybrzydzać

To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.

wybuch

An explosion.

wybuchać

(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

wybuchający

Having a popping or bursting sound.

wybuchnąć

(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

wybuchowy

Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.

wybudować

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

wybujały

(literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.

wyć

To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

wycelować

(transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object

wycena

(countable) A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

wyceniać

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

wycenić

To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.

wychłodzenie

(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.

wychłostać

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

wychodek

(North America) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.

wychodnia

The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

wychodzić

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

wychowanek

A child in foster care; a child in one's foster care, in relation to oneself.

wychowanie

The traits acquired during one's childhood training

wychowanie fizyczne

Physical education class (PE class).

wychowywać

To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.

wychowywanie

The raising or training of a child.

wychudzać

To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.

wychudzenie

The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

wychudzić

To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.

wychudzony

Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

wychwalać

(transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.

wychwalanie

The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.

wyciąć wręg

(transitive) To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.

wyciąg

A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.

wyciągać

(intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.

wyciągnąć

(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

wycie

The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.

wycięcie ślepej kiszki

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.

wycieczka

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

wycieńczenie

Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

wycierać

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

wycieraczka

A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.

wycinać wręg

(transitive) To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.