Polish–English dictionary

zapał

(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.

zapałka

A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

zapamiętać

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

zapamiętały

Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.

zapamiętywać

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

zapamiętywanie

The act of committing something to memory or memorizing.

zaparkować

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

zaparkowanie

The action of the verb to park.

zaparować

(transitive) To cover with a mist.

zaparzać

To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.

zaparzanie

The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.

zaparzyć

To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.

zapas

A reserve source or supply.

zapaść

The act of collapsing.

zapaśniczka

(wrestling) A person who wrestles.

zapaśnik

(wrestling) A person who wrestles.

zapasy

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

zapchać

To block or slow passage through (often with 'up).

zapchajdziura

Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.

zapędzać w kozi róg

(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

zapędzić w kozi róg

(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

zapeklować

(intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.

zapełniać

To occupy fully, to take up all of.

zapełnić

To occupy fully, to take up all of.

zapeszać

(transitive) To bring bad luck to.

zapeszyć

(transitive) To bring bad luck to.

zapętlać

(transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.

zapętlić

(transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.

zapewne

Seemingly; in appearance.

zapewniać

(transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).

zapewnić

(transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).

zapewniony

Made certain; promised.

zapiąć

(ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.

zapiec

(cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.

zapiecek

(originally, Scotland, architecture, chiefly, historical) A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.

zapięcie

Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

zapiekanka

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

zapierający dech w piersiach

stunningly beautiful; amazing

zapinać

(ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.

zapis

(law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

zapisać

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

zapisać się

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

zapisanie

(legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

zapisek

A short note; a memorandum.

zapisywać

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

zapisywać się

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

zapiszczeć

To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

zaplanować

(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

zaplanowany

Existing or designed according to a plan.

zaplątywać się

(transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.

zaplecze

A room near the rear of a premises.

zaplemniać

To fill with one's semen.

zaplemnić

To fill with one's semen.

zaplemnienie

The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).

zaplombować

(transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.

zapładniać

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

zapładniać mleczem

(transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

zapłakany

Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.

zapłata

(uncountable) An act of revenge.

zapłodnić

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

zapłodnić mleczem

(transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

zapłodnienie

The act of making pregnant; fertilization.

zapłodnienie in vitro

(agriculture) Initialism of artificial insemination.

zapłonięcie

The act of igniting.

zapobiec

(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]

zapobiegać

(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]

zapobieganie

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

zapobiegawczy

Tending to preserve.

zapobiegliwość

The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

zapoczątkować

To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.

zapoczątkowywać

To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.

zapodać

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

zapodziać

(transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.

zapominalski

Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

zapomniany

Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

zapomnienie

The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.

zapomoga

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

zapora

An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.

zapora sieciowa

(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.

zapowiadać

To foreshadow vaguely.

zapowiedź

An estimation of a future condition.

zapowiedzi

The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).

zapowiedzieć

To foreshadow vaguely.

zapożyczać

(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

zapożyczenie

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

zapożyczyć

(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

zapraszać

(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

zaprawa

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

zaprawa barwierska

Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

zaprawa farbiarska

Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

zaprawdę

(modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.

zaprawianie

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

zaprawiony kroplą goryczy

(figurative) Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure.

zaprogramować

(transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.

zaprojektować

(transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).

zaproksymować

(transitive) To come near to; to approach.

zaproponować

(transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

zaprosić

(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

zaprotestować

(intransitive) To make a strong objection.

zaprowidować

To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.

zaprząc

(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.

zaprzaniec

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

zaprzeczać

(transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]

zaprzeczalność

(uncountable) The condition of being deniable.

zaprzeczalny

Able to be denied or contradicted.

zaprzeczanie

(uncountable) The act of negating something.

zaprzeczenie

(uncountable) The act of negating something.

zaprzeczyć

(transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]

zaprzęg

A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

zaprzęgać

(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.

zaprzestać

(formal, intransitive) To stop.

zaprzestanie

(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.

zaprzestawać

(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.

zaptaszkować

(transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).

zapukać

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

zapunktować

To earn points in a game.

zapuścić

(euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.

zapuścić się

(idiomatic) To cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc.

zapuszczać

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

zapuszczać się

(idiomatic) To cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc.

zapuszczony

Shabby, run-down, possibly connected with bad, dishonest or illegal activities, somewhat disreputable.

zapychać

To block or slow passage through (often with 'up).

zapychanie

(internet) The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.

zapytać

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

zapytanie

A question put; an inquiry.

żar

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

żar-ptak

(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor

zarabiać

(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).

zaradność

The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.

zaradny

Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.

zaradzić

(transitive) To remedy or rectify something.

zaranie

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

zaraz

(idiomatic, with infinitive verb) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent; ready to; went to

zaraza

Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.

zarażać

(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.

zarazek

A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.

zarazić

(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.

zarazić się

(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).

zaraźliwy

(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).

zarchiwizować

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

żarcie

(uncountable, slang) Food.

zardzewiały

Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.]

zardzewieć

(transitive) To cause to oxidize.

zareagować

(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

zaręczać

To give an assurance that something will be done right.

zaręczony

past of betroth

zaręczyć

To give an assurance that something will be done right.

zaręczyć się

(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance.

zarejestrować

(transitive, legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

zarejestrować się

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list