Polish–English dictionary

zaimprowizować

(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.

zainscenizować

To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.

zainspirować

(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

zainstalować

(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use

zainteresować

(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

zainteresowanie

(countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.

zainteresowany

Listening, paying attention. [from mid 16th c.]

zaintrygować

(transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.

zainwestować

To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.

Zair

(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997.

zaiste

(archaic, or, poetic) Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.

zaistniały

Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.

zająć

(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

zajadły

Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

zajawka

(marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.

zajazd

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

zajęcie

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.

zajęczyca

A female hare.

zajęta

(informal) In a serious romantic relationship.

zajęte

Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.

zajęty

Subjugated; under the control of a foreign (usually military) presence.

zajmować

(transitive) To be present in.

zajmować się

(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.

zajmowanie

The act, process or state of possessing a place.

zajmujący

Very amusing; that entertains.

zajść

(transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.

zajście

A noisy quarrel or fight.

zakamarek

A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.

zakapiór

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.

zakąska

A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.

zakątek

(chiefly, Britain) A place noted for its beauty, especially its natural scenery.

zakaz

A prohibition.

zakazać

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

zakazany

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

zakazić

(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.

zakaźny

(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).

zakazywać

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

zakiełkować

To germinate.

żakiet

A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)

zakisić

To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

zakląć

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.

zaklęcie

An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

zaklepać

(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

zaklepywać

(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

zakleszczenie

(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.

Żaklina

A en given name.

zaklinać

(transitive) To bewitch or enchant.

zaklinacz

An enchanter or magician.

zaklinowany

Unable to move.

zakluczyć

(transitive) To fasten with a lock.

zakłaczenie

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.

zakład

A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).

zakład fryzjerski

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

zakład karny pracy przymusowej

(US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.

zakładać

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

zakładać pluskwę

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

zakładać siatkę

(sport, transitive) To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).

zakładać się

(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

zakładając, że

used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument

zakładanie

(Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.

zakładka

(GUI) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.

zakładniczka

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

zakładnik

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

zakłócacz

Any device used to jam radio reception.

zakłócający spokój

Causing disruption or unrest.

zakłócenie

An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.

zakłócenie porządku

(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

zakłopotać

(transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.

zakłopotanie

The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

zakłopotany

chaotic, jumbled or muddled

zakochanie

The state or quality of being amorous.

zakochany

(dated) Affected with love; in love; enamored.

zakole

(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

zakołysać

(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

zakomentować

(transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

zakompleksiony

Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.

zakon

(countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.

zakończyć

(transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.

zakończyć karierę

(intransitive, sports) To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.

zakonnica

A member of a religious order, congregation, or certain other forms of consecrated life, i.e. a monk, nun, sister, brother, friar, or other religious priest.

zakonnik

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

zakonserwować

(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

zakopać

(transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

zakorkować

To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".

zakorzeniony

Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.

zakosić

(transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.

zakotwiczyć

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

zakradać się

(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

zakres

(legal) The scope of a statute.

zakreślić

(transitive) To place or mark a circle around.

zakręt

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

zakrwawiony

Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.

zakrystia

A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.

zakrystian

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

zakrystianka

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

zakrywać

(military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.

zakrywka

(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.

zakrzepica

(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.

zakrzepnąć

(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.

zakrztusić

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

zaksięgować

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

zaktualizować

(transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

zakuć

(transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone.

zakulisowo

Taking place offstage (as above).

zakulisowy

Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.

zakumulować

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

zakumulować się

(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.

zakup

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

zakupy

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

zakurzony

Covered with dust.

zakuwać

(transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone.

zakwas

Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

zakwaterować

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

zakwitanie

An instance of a plant beginning to flower.

żal

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

zalać

To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

zalane

Filled with water from rain or rivers.

zalążek

In humans, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy.

zalążek artykułu

(wiki) An article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

zalec

(intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.

zalecać się

(transitive) To attempt to attract; to invite by attractions; to allure.

zalecenie

That which is recommended.

zalegać

(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog

zalegalizować

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

zaległości

An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.

zaległy

Owed as a debt.

zalękniony

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

zaleta

(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.

zalew

An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.

zalewa

A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.

zalewać

To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

zależeć

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

zależność

The state of being dependent, of relying upon another.

zależny

Relying upon; depending upon.

zaliczka

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

zaliczyć

(idiomatic) To receive a negative thing: to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating; to get what's coming to one; to feel someone's wrath.

zalienować

To cause one to feel unable to relate.

zalotnik

Someone who woos or courts.

zalotny

(of a person) Having a tendency to flirt often.

zaloty

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

zaludniać

(transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.

zaludnić

(transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.

żaluzje

Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.

załącznik

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

załadować

(transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.

załapać się

(transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for. [from 17thc.]

załatać

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

załatwiacz

A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper and/or unlawful means.

załatwić

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

żałoba

Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.