zwalniać - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- IPA(key): /ˈzval.ɲat͡ɕ/
Audio 1; “zwalniać”: (file) Audio 2; “zwalniać się”: (file) - Rhymes: -alɲat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: zwal‧niać
zwalniać impf (perfective zwolnić)
- (ambitransitive) to slow down, decelerate (to go slower)
- (transitive) to slow down, decelerate (to slow something down)
- (transitive) to dismiss, fire (an employee)
- (intransitive) to downshift, change lifestyle to a less stressful one
- Mimo że ma 60 lat, nadal nie chce zwalniać. ― Even though he's 60, he still doesn't want to downshift.
- (transitive) to free up
- (transitive) to exempt (free someone from a duty or obligation)
- zwalniać z odpowiedzialności ― to exempt from liability
- (transitive) to release (e.g. a button, clutch)
- Nie zwalniaj klawisza, dopóki nie wyświetli się komunikat. ― Don't release the button until a communicate shows up.
- (reflexive with się, of a space) to become available for someone to use
- (reflexive with się) to resign (to quit a job)
- Jeśli szef nie zapłaci mi za nadgodziny, natychmiast się zwalniam. ― If the boss doesn't pay me for overtime, I'll resign immediately.