banglać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Either onomatopoeic or perhaps from English bang + -ać.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]banglać impf
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a device) to function properly, to work
- Synonym: działać
- (intransitive, colloquial) to rain
- Synonym: padać
- 2001 March 19, Konrad Bagiński, “Taką wiosnę...”, in pl.pregierz[6] (Usenet):
- [...] za oknem bangla deszcz, w kieszeniu [sic] pusto, w łóżku pusto, nie ma żadnych perspektyw na jakąkolwiek poprawę tej chorej sytuacji...
- [...] the rain is coming down out the window, it's empty in his pocket, the bed too, and there's no way to improve this awful situation...
- 2007 June 3, Jarosław Ignatowski, “Re: Z lustrzanka (Nikon) na deszcz”, in pl.rec.foto.cyfrowa[7] (Usenet):
- Jak naprawde bangla, i tak trzeba przykryć puszkę i szkło foliowym ponczo bo nie nadążysz z wycieraniem przedniej soczewki [...]
- It's really coming down hard, and you have to cover the can and glass with a foil poncho because otherwise you won't keep up wiping off the back lenses [...]
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