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dopiero

//dɔˈpjɛ.rɔ/ | /dɔˈpje.rɔ//
Polishparticle

Definitions

  1. 1.
    barely, scarcely, just
    • Ona dopiero wróciła do domu kiedy kolejna katastrofa się wydarzyła.

      She had scarcely returned home when the next catastrophe occurred.

  2. 2.
    used for emphasis; now
    • To dopiero był mecz!

      Now that was a match!

  3. 3.
    of something that hasn’t started yet and is yet to happen; yet, only
    • To się dopiero wydarzy.

      It is yet to happen.

    • Będziemy tam dopiero za dwa miesiące.

      We will only be there in two months, it will be two months before we are there.

  4. 4.
    used to mark someone as being the first to do something
    • Dopiero Maria Skłodowska-Curie odkryła polon i rad.

      Marie Curie was the first to discover polonium and radium.

  5. 5.
    just, only
  6. 6.
    then (at that time)
  7. 7.
    finally, at last
  8. 8.
    go on! keep it up!
  9. 9.
    now (at the current moment)
  10. 10.
    now; already; Further details are uncertain.
    • Iam adverbium temporis, Teraz/ dopiero/ też wnet álbo hnet/ też yuż.

    • Tum magis, id dicas, Ty byś więcey dopiero rzekł.

    • Ietzund. Teraz. Dopirzo. Iam.

  11. 11.
    obsoletefor ages, long since
  12. 12.
    obsoletenot only; all the more
  13. 13.
    obsoletealready

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dopiro.

Forms

  • dopirzoalternative • middle • polish
  • dopioroalternative • middle • polish
  • dopiroalternative
  • dopiralternative

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