Polish–English dictionary

buchalter

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

buchalterka

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

buczeć

A low-pitched hum or buzz.

buczenie

A low-pitched hum or buzz.

buda

A house or shelter for a dog.

Budapeszt

The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.

Budda

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

buddyjka

A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.

buddyjski

Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.

buddysta

A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.

buddystka

A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.

buddyzm

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

budka

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

budowa

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

budowa ciała

(dated) The general health of a person.

budować

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

budowla

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.

budowlaniec

One who builds or constructs things.

budowlany

Of, relating to, or having structure.

budownicza

One who builds or constructs things.

budowniczy

One who builds or constructs things.

budyń

A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

budynek

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.

budzenie

The act of becoming aware of something.

budzenie się

The act of becoming aware of something.

budżet

The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.

budżetowy

Appropriate to a restricted budget.

budzić

(transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.

budzić się

(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

budzik

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

bufet

A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.

bufet szwedzki

A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.

bufonada

Empty boasting.

bufor

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

bufory

(slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.

Bug

A East European river which flows northwest 450 miles through Belarus, Poland and Ukraine into the Baltic Sea. (Western Bug).

bujda

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

bujny

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

buk

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

bukanier

(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

Bukareszt

The capital city of Romania.

bukiecik

A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]

bukiet

A bunch of cut flowers.

bukinista

A person engaged in the business of selling books.

bukłak

A traditional Greek or Spanish wineskin bag. Typically it is made of leather, and is used to carry wine, although any liquid can be carried.

bukmacher

(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

bukolika

A pastoral poem.

bukować

(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

bulaj

(nautical, obsolete) Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.

buldog

A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.

buldożer

A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

bulgotać

To make such a sound.

bulić

(transitive) To pay (a bill).

bulimia nervosa

(pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.

bulion

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

bulla

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

bullying

Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

bulwa

A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.

bulwar

A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

bulwersować

(intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

bulwocebula

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

bułany

A dun-coloured horse.

bułat

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

buława

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

Bułgar

(countable) A native of Bulgaria.

Bułgaria

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.

Bułgarka

(countable) A native of Bulgaria.

bułgarski

Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.

Bułgarzyn

(countable) A native of Bulgaria.

bułka

A miniature round loaf of bread, often accompanying a meal.

bum

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

bumerang

A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.

bungee

An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage.

bunkier

(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

bunt

(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.

buntować się

(UK, dated, informal) To rebel against authority; to defy orders or instructions.

buntowniczka

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

buntowniczy

Likely to commit mutiny.

buntownik

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

Bur

(historical) A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.

burak

(slang, US, usually, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.

burak pastewny

A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

burczenie

(by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.

burda

A tumultuous assault or quarrel.

burdel

A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.

burdelmama

(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.

burdon

(musical instrument) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

burger

(informal) A hamburger.

burgrabia

(historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.

burgund

A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

Burgundia

A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

burgundowy

Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.

burito

A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

burka

(strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

burknięcie

(countable) A bassy grunting or thudding sound.

burmistrz

The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.

burmistrzyni

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

burrito

A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

bursztyn

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

bursztynowy

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

burta

(nautical) The side of a ship.

burza

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

burza mózgów

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

burza piaskowa

A phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow soil particles up into a planet's atmosphere.

burza pyłowa

A phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow soil particles up into a planet's atmosphere.

burzliwy

Violent; passionate; rough.

burzowy

Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.

burżuazja

(political, collectively, usually, in the plural) The middle class.

burżuazyjny

(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.

burżuj

(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.

burzyć

(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.

burzycielski

Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.

bus

A vehicle for hire, typically smaller than a bus, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, departing when all seats are filled.

bushido

An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life.

businesswoman

A woman involved in business.

Busk

A city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

busola

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

busz

(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

but

(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.

buta

The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

butan

(organic compound) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.

butelka

A bottle equipped with a teat, used for bottlefeeding infants.

butelkować

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

butik

A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.

butla

The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.

butonierka

A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.

buzdygan

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

buźka

A simplified representation of a smiling face.

by

before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to.

być

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.

być do bani

(chiefly, North American, intransitive, stative, colloquial, sometimes, vulgar) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. [from 20th c.]

być może

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

być na haju

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ high.

być niegrzecznym

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

być nieobecnym

(ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.

być nieposłusznym

(intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.

być podobnym

(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

być posłusznym

(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.

być równoznacznym z

(intransitive, followed by to) To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.

być rozdrażnionym

(intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

być winnym

(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

być zaangażowanym w działalność piracką

(ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging.

być zobowiązany

(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

bycie

The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

byczy

Having a muscular physique, built ‘like a bull’.

bydlak

A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

bydlę

A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

bydlęcy

(not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.

bydło

(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.

bydło domowe

(pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.