No. 1,683 in Polish
powstrzymać
"Powstrzymać" means "to restrain, stop, or prevent."
In a sentence
Musisz powstrzymać się od śmiechu w poważnych sytuacjach.
You must restrain yourself from laughing in serious situations.
Here, 'powstrzymać się' is used reflexively to indicate self-restraint or self-control.
Strażak usiłował powstrzymać rozprzestrzenianie się ognia.
The firefighter tried to stop the spread of the fire.
The word 'powstrzymać' here means to physically or actively stop or restrain something.
Możemy powstrzymać ten projekt, jeśli przedstawimy przekonujące argumenty.
We can halt this project if we present convincing arguments.
In this sentence, 'powstrzymać' is used to mean the act of halting or stopping progress or action.
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