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Polish
Etymology
From porazić + -ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔˈraʂ.ka/
- Rhymes: -aʂka
- Syllabification: po‧raż‧ka
Noun
porażka f
- failure
- Jego starania o stypendium zakończyły się porażką. ― His efforts to obtain a scholarship ended with failure.
- (sports) defeat, beating
- Synonym: przegrana
- Antonym: wygrana
- Po serii porażek zespół wywalczył zwycięstwo. ― After a string of defeats the team scored a win.
- (colloquial) disaster; fiasco
- Synonyms: fiasko, masakra
- Ten nowy projekt strony to zupełna porażka. ― This new website design is a complete disaster.
Declension
Further reading
- porażka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- porażka in Polish dictionaries at PWN