No. 11,143 in Polish
gmatwać
To tangle, complicate, or confuse.
In a sentence
Nie można dalej gmatwać tego projektu, bo stanie się niezrozumiały.
You cannot further complicate this project because it will become incomprehensible.
Here, 'gmatwać' is used to express the act of making something, such as a situation or project, more confusing or tangled.
Zaczęliśmy gmatwać rozmowę, wchodząc na różne tematy.
We started to tangle the conversation by switching to various topics.
In this sentence, 'gmatwać' expresses the action of complicating or making a conversation more intricate by introducing different themes.
Nie chcę gmatwać sprawy, ale trzeba rozważyć wszystkie możliwości.
I don't want to complicate matters, but all possibilities must be considered.
Here, 'gmatwać' is used to indicate the potential introduction of complexity into an issue or matter.
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