No. 10,208 in Polish
budziły
"Budziły" means "were waking" or "were awakening" in English.
In a sentence
Opowieści o duchach zawsze budziły strach wśród dzieci.
Stories about ghosts always evoked fear among children.
In this sentence, 'budziły' is the third-person plural past tense of 'budzić,' used to express an ongoing past action of causing an emotion (fear).
Wspomnienia z dzieciństwa budziły w nim nostalgię.
Memories from childhood awakened nostalgia in him.
Here, 'budziły' again acts in the third-person plural past tense, describing the consistent triggering of an emotion (nostalgia).
Niektóre idee przedstawione na konferencji budziły kontrowersje.
Some ideas presented at the conference stirred controversy.
In this sentence, 'budziły' conveys the past action of evoking or stirring an abstract concept (controversy).
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