na pewno

See also: napewno

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “for sure”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na ˈpɛv.nɔ/

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• Syllabification: na pew‧no

Particle

na pewno

1. (idiomatic) absolutely, certainly, definitely, for sure

   Synonyms: bez cienia wątpliwości, bez wątpienia, bez dwóch zdań, jak amen w pacierzu, jak nic, na bank, na mur beton, na sto procent, z pewnością

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), na pewno is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 8 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 29 times in essays, 51 times in fiction, and 55 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 147 times, making it the 393rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• na pewno in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• na pewno in Polish dictionaries at PWN