zmywać
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[edit]zmywać impf (perfective zmyć)
- (transitive) to clean, to wash off
- Alkohol zmyje ślady długopisu z obudowy. ― Alcohol will clean pen stains from the case.
- (transitive, of a river, rain, flood, etc.) to wash away, to carry off
- Synonym: spłukiwać
- (transitive, figurative) to wash away (a feeling or emotion)
- Synonym: zmazywać
- (intransitive, colloquial) to do the dishes, to wash up
- Zawsze zmywam po obiedzie. ― I always do the dishes after lunch.
- (reflexive with się) to be washed off, to be washed away
- (reflexive with się or intransitive, colloquial, humorous) to scram, to run away, to bounce
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uciekać
- Lepiej zmywaj, zanim spuszczę ci łomot. ― Better run before I beat you up.
- (intransitive, Far Masovian) to avoid [with od (+ genitive) ‘what’]
- Ludwik zmywa od roboty. ― Ludwik is avoiding work.
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