akurat
Definitions
- 1.used to emphasize the accuracy of information: just, exactly, precisely, to be exact, to be precise
Jest akurat pięć jabłek.
There's five apples, to be precise.
- 2.used to provide emphasis on a particular object, and draw attention away from other objects: exactly, precisely, actually
Akurat te jabłka zjem.
I'm actually going to eat these apples (and not the other ones).
- 3.at the moment, at this very moment
Akurat myślałem o tobie!
I was actually just thinking about you!
- 4.completely, absolutely, entirely, totally (in a way not lacking anything)
- 5.entirely the same
- 6.tell me another!, nothing of the kind!, a likely story!, yeah, right!
"A potem zjadł wszystkie jabłka!" "Akurat!"
"And then he ate all the apples!" "Yeah, right!"
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Latin accūrō Latin accūrātusder. German akkuratbor. Polish akurat Borrowed from German akkurat. First attested in 1807. Compare Kashubian akùrôt and Slovincian akúrot.