No. 3,071 in Polish
porażką
The Polish word "porażką" means "failure" in English.
In a sentence
Jego projekt skończył się wielką porażką.
His project ended with a great failure.
Here, "porażką" is used to describe the negative outcome of the project.
Przegrana drużyna przyjęła porażkę z honorem.
The losing team accepted the defeat with honor.
In this instance, "porażką" is associated with the concept of accepting a loss or failure.
Nie powinniśmy traktować porażki jako końca, ale jako lekcję.
We should not view failure as the end, but as a lesson.
Here, "porażką" is discussed as a philosophical concept of learning from failures.
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