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Polish
Etymology
Literally, “for sure”.
Pronunciation
Particle
na pewno
- (idiomatic) absolutely, certainly, definitely, for sure
- Synonyms: bez cienia wątpliwości, bez wątpienia, bez dwóch zdań, jak amen w pacierzu, jak nic, na bank, na mur beton, na sto procent, z pewnością
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), na pewno is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 8 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 29 times in essays, 51 times in fiction, and 55 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 147 times, making it the 393rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
Further reading
- na pewno in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- na pewno in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “na pewno”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 261