żal

Definitions

1. 1.
   grief, regret, sorrow (emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing)

   • żal po czyjejś śmierci

     grief over someone's death

2. 2.
   grief, regret, sorrow (remorse after committing something wrong)

   • żal za grzechy

     sorrow for one's sins

3. 3.
   grievance, grudge (animosity or ill will against someone or something caused by disappointment)

   • żal do ojca

     grudge against one's father

4. 4.
   complaints, grievances, lamentations, regrets (statements in which someone laments or complains about something)

   • wysłuchiwać żalów

     to listen to someone's grievances

5. 5.
   żale (lyrical work in Old Polish literature expressing complaints about fate, pain due to some misfortune, or grief after someone's death)
6. 6.
   to grieve, to pity (to feel sympathy for someone; to feel sorry for someone)

   • Żal mi jego dzieci.

     I feel sorry for his children.

7. 7.
   to regret (to feel sadness about something one has or has not done, or about what has passed and what one has lost)

   • Żal nam stąd wyjeżdżać, ale mamy pełno rzeczy do zrobienia u siebie.

     We don't want to leave this place but we have a lot of work to do.

8. 8.
   to have a sense of wasting something that is important and valuable, and which one would like to see put to good use

   • Żal mi czasu na dyskutowanie z tobą, i tak nie zrozumiesz.

     I'm not gonna waste my time discussing it with you, you won't understand anyway.

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