Polish–English dictionary

zioło

(countable) A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices.

zioło lecznicze

(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

ziołowy

Made from or with herbs.

ziomek

(colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

zirytowany

Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.

ziszczać

(chiefly, passive voice, slightly, _, formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. [from early 17th c.]

zjadacz

A person or animal who eats.

zjadliwy

Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish.

zjawa

An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.

zjawiać się

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

zjawić się

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

zjawisko

The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

zjazd

A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.

zjednoczenie

The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.

zjednoczony

Joined into a single entity.

zjednoczyć

(transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.

zjednoczyć się

(intransitive) Become one.

zjełczały

(of oily or fatty food) Rank in taste or smell.

zjeść

(copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").

zjeść śniadanie

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

zjeżdżać na nartach

(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

zjeżdżalnia

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

źle

In a bad manner.

źle rzucone podanie

(ultimate frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.

źle się zachowywać

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

żleb

(climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside.

zlecać

(transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

zlecać na zewnątrz

(chiefly, US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

zlecić

(transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

zlecić na zewnątrz

(chiefly, US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

zlekceważyć

(transitive, rare) To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle.

zlepek

Something that consists of diverse elements.

zlepieniec

(geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.

zlew

A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.

zlewisko

(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.

zlewka

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.

zlewnia

(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.

zlewozmywak

A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.

zlikwidować

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

zlinczować

(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

zlodowacieć

To immobilize with fright.

zlot

A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.

zlot czarownic

A formal group or assembly of witches.

zł

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

złącze

A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

złagodzić

(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).

złajać

(transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.

złamać

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

złamać słowo

(intransitive) To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word. [(often) with on]

złamanie

An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

złamany

(of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

złapać

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]

złapać obcęgami

(transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

złe zachowanie

(American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.

zło

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

żłób

A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.

złoba

Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

żłobek

A building where children are supervised during the day so that their parents can work.

żłobić

(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

złocień

Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants.

złocisty

Having the colour of gold.

złocony

Having the color or quality of gold.

złoczyńca

A person who performs evil acts.

złodziej

(slang) A thief.

złodziej kieszonkowy

A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.

złodziej sklepowy

(Australia) A shoplifter.

złodziejka

Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

złodziejka sklepowa

(Australia) A shoplifter.

złodziejski

That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal

złodziejstwo

The action of theft.

złom

(informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.

złomiarz

Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

złomowisko

A business that sells used metal or items.

złomownia

A business that sells used metal or items.

żłopać

To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.

złorzeczyć

(transitive) To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.

złość

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

złościć

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

złościć się

(intransitive) To become angry.

złośliwe oprogramowanie

(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

złośliwość

Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

złośliwy

Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.

Złośnik

The fourth reindeer of Santa Claus.

złota rączka

(informal) A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like.

Złota Ryba

(constellation) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

złotnik

A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.

złoto

Made of gold.

złotówka

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

Złotowłosa

The protagonist of a traditional fairy tale. She is a golden-haired young girl who inquisitively enters the house of three bears and tries their three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds, in each case finding only one that suits her.

złotowłosy

A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.

złoty

Golden in color or shine.

złoty medal

☉ (alchemy)

złowić włokiem

(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

złowieszczy

Portending evil; ominous.

złowiony

Caught in a trap.

złowrogi

Having evil thoughts or intentions.

złowrogość

Hostile attitude or feeling.

złowróżbny

Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen

złoże

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

złożoność

(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

złożony

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

złożyć

(transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]

złożyć się

(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.

złożyć się z

To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

złożyć w montaż

(transitive) To combine into, or depict as, a montage.

złożyć wizytę

(idiomatic) To visit.

złożyć zastaw

To deposit something as a security; to pawn.

złuda

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

złudzenie

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

zły

Displaying or feeling anger.

zmącić

(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

zmagać się

(intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

zmaglować

(transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.

zmaksymalizować

(transitive) To make as large as possible.

zmarli

(often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

zmarły

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

zmarnotrawić

To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

zmarnować

(transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

zmarszczenie brwi

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

zmarszczka

A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

zmarszczyć

(transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.

zmarszczyć brwi

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.

zmarszczyć się

(intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.

zmartwiały

(not comparable) Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life) .

zmartwić

(intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.

zmartwienie

Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]

zmartwiony

Sad because of a disappointment.

zmartwychwstać

To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

zmartwychwstanie

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

zmartwychwstawać

To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

zmasakrować

(transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.

zmasowany

Intense; directed towards a specific location.

zmaterializować

(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

zmaterializować się

(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

zmawiać się

(intransitive, legal) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

zmechacić się

(intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.

zmechanizowany

(military) Equipped with armoured motor vehicles; compare .

zmęczenie

The characteristic of being bleary.

zmęczony

Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.

zmęczyć

(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.

zmętnieć

(intransitive) To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.

zmiąć

(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.

zmiana

The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.

zmiana paradygmatu

(sciences) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm. [from 1962]

zmiany klimatu

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

zmiażdżyć

(US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly.

zmiękczać

(transitive) To make something soft or softer.

zmiękczyć

(transitive) To make something soft or softer.

zmięknąć

(intransitive) To become soft or softer

zmielić

(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.