Polish–English dictionary

nabiał

(uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

nabić na pal

(ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

nabierać

To swindle, deceive, or trick.

nabijać na pal

(ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

nabity

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

nabój

(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.

nabór

The act of enrolling or the state of being enrolled.

nabożeństwo

(uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service. [from 10th c.]

nabożny

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.

nabrać

To swindle, deceive, or trick.

nabrzeże

An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.

nabyć

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

nabycie

The act or process of acquiring.

nabytek

The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

nabyty

(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.

nabywać

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

nabywanie

The act or process of acquiring.

nabywca

A person who makes one or more purchases.

nabywczyni

A person who makes one or more purchases.

nachalny

Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.

nachos

A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

nachylać się

(copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.

nachylenie

A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage

nachylić się

(copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.

naciąć

(transitive) To cut down, especially in large numbers.

naciągacz

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

naciągaczka

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

nacięcie

A V-shaped cut.

nacinać

(transitive) To cut a notch in (something).

nacisk

(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.

naciski

(by extension) Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.

nacja

(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

nacjonalista

An advocate of nationalism.

nacjonalistka

An advocate of nationalism.

nacjonalistyczny

Of or relating to nationalism.

nacjonalny

Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]

naćpany

(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

naczelniczka

A person in charge of a business or company.

naczelnik

A person in charge of a business or company.

naczelny

(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

naczepa

A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.

naczos

A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

naczynia

Dishwashing

naczynie

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

naczynie żaroodporne

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

naczyniowy

(anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids

nad

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface. [first attested before 1150]

nad-

over, above

nadać

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

nadać opływowy kształt

(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

nadać pod niewłaściwy adres

To put the incorrect address on a mail item

nadać rangę kawalerską

(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

nadajnik

An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.

nadal

(aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.

nadaremny

Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.

nadąsany

(often, derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset

nadawać

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

nadawać opływowy kształt

(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

nadawać pod niewłaściwy adres

To put the incorrect address on a mail item

nadawanie

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

nadawca

A station from which a signal is emitted (most commonly a radio station or a television station).

nadawczyni

A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.

nadążać

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

nadbieg

(dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditional top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus rarely called by this name.

nadchodzący

Incoming.

nadciąć

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.

nadciągający

About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

nadciśnienie

(medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.

nadczłowiek

(chiefly, philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. [from 1903.]

naddźwiękowy

(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

nadejście

To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.

nadepnąć

(intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.

nadęty

(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.

nadgarstek

(skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist.

nadgarstkowy

Of or pertaining to the carpus.

nadgodzina

(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.

Nadia

(rare) A en given name.

nadir

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

nadliczbowy

Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.

nadludzki

Beyond what is possible for a human being.

nadłożenie drogi

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

nadmiar

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

nadmiarowy

Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.

nadmiernie

To an excessive degree.

nadmierny

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.

nadmorski

Bordering on the sea; living near the seacoast; coastal.

nadmuchać

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

nadmuchiwać

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

nadnaturalny

Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.

nadnerczowy

Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.

nadopiekuńczy

excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children)

nadpisać

(object-oriented, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

nadproże

(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

nadprzyrodzony

Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.

nadrzewny

Living in or among trees.

nadsiębierny

powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)

nadszybie

The vertical measurement, top to bottom, for example for clearance under a bridge.

nadtlenek

(inorganic chemistry) A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.

nadużyć

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

nadużycie

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. [from around 1350 to 1470]

nadużywać

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

nadwaga

(uncountable, chiefly, transport, legal) An excess of weight.

nadwerężać się

To exert (oneself) to an excessive degree.

nadwerężyć się

To exert (oneself) to an excessive degree.

nadwrażliwy

Excessively sensitive; easily offended.

nadwyżka

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

nadwzroczność

(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.

nadymać

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

nadziać

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

nadziać na pal

(ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

Nadzieja

(rare) A en given name.

nadziemny

On or above the surface of the ground.

nadzienie

The contents of a pie, etc.

nadziewać

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

nadziewać na pal

(ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

nadziwić się

(intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.

nadzór

Supervision or management.

nadzorca

One who oversees or supervises.

nadzorczyni

Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.

nadzorować

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

nadzwyczaj

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

nadzwyczajnie

In an extraordinary manner.

nadzwyczajny

Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

nafta

A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

nagana

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

naganiać

To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.

naganiacz

A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.

naganny

Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.

Nagasaki

A prefecture of Japan.

nagi

Bare, not covered by clothing.

nagietek

Any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds.

nagle

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

nagład

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

nagłe

Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

nagłość

Urgency.

nagłówek

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

nagły

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

nagły i całkowity odwyk

Sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.

nagły wypadek

(sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

nagolenica

(historical) A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.

nagolennik

(historical) A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.

nagonić

To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.

nagonka

(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]

nagość

The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.

nagradzać

(transitive) To give a reward to or for.

nagrobek

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

nagroda

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

nagroda pocieszenia

The prize or benefit for the loser.

nagrodzić

(transitive) To give a reward to or for.

nagromadzenie gazu

(oil drilling) A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.