ważyć

Definitions

1. 1.
   to weigh (to determine the weight of an object with a scale)
2. 2.
   to weigh (to have a certain weight)

   • Ile waży Droga Mleczna?

     How much does the Milky Way weigh?

   • Niemowlę ważyło zaledwie 245 gramów.

     The infant weighed only 245 grams.

   • – ...Ile [pliki] ważą? – Dwa terabajty.

     "...How much space do [the files] take up?" "Two terabytes."

3. 3.
   to weigh (to estimate the approximate weight of something in one's hand)
4. 4.
   to weigh (to ponder something)
5. 5.
   to carry weight (to matter, to be of consequence, to be important)

   • – ...Wieleż ważą te dobra? Odtrąciłem teraz ja znów pana Urbańskiego w łokieć i odpowiedziałem: – Ja dałem sto sześćdziesiąt tysięcy.

     "...Do these goods cost much?" Now I hit Mr. Urbański in the elbow again and replied: "I paid a hundred and sixty thousand."

6. 6.
   to pay attention

   • Ty, wianecku, kołem, kołem, […] Nad moją-to ślicną twarzą, Coć mi na nią chłopcy ważą.

     You, little wreath, in a circle, in a circle, […] Over my oh-so beautiful face, That the boys pay attention to.

7. 7.
   to weigh oneself (to determine one's own weight with a scale)
8. 8.
   to be decided (to be in the process of being determined)
9. 9.
   to dare

   • Ale przemogło zdanie Żółkiewskiego, które na owym sejmie powagę wyroku miało i pod najsurowszemi, to jest wywołania i dóbr utraty karami, przez uchwałę sejmową zabroniono, aby nikt z krajowców nie ważył się gwałcić paktów z Turkami zawartych, ani Multan zbrojnie najeżdżać.

     But Żółkiewski's opinion, which in that Sejm had the authority of a verdict, won out, and a ban was passed by a decree of the Sejm with the severest penalties, that is, banishment and loss of property, so that none of the country's natives would dare to violate the pacts made with the Turks and no Moldavian would dare to invade in arms.

   • Po Mickiewiczu i Słowackim nikt prawie nie ważył się na budowanie utworu szerzej zakrojonego...

     After Mickiewicz and Słowacki, almost nobody dared to construct a more broadly formed composition...

10. 10.
    obsoleteto tilt; to wobble; to sway (to lean in different directions)
11. 11.
    obsoleteto hesitate (to be undecided, uncertain; to wrestle with one's thoughts)
12. 12.
    datedto esteem, to respect
13. 13.
    obsoleteto jeopardize (to expose to danger;, to risk something; to sacrifice)
14. 14.
    obsoleteto lurk (to press; to lie in wait)
15. 15.
    obsoleteto begrudge (to have a dislike, grudge, aversion for someone)
16. 16.
    obsoleteto level (to set the horizontal position of something, to set something horizontally)
17. 17.
    obsoleteto soar up; to swing up; to sway; to float in the air

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