No. 15,355 in Polish
smażyć
To fry.
In a sentence
W niedzielę lubię smażyć naleśniki na śniadanie.
On Sundays, I like frying pancakes for breakfast.
Here, 'smażyć' is used to describe the action of frying food, specifically pancakes, showcasing the primary meaning of the verb in culinary contexts.
Słońce smażyło turystów na plaży, gdyż nie używali kremów z filtrem.
The sun was frying the tourists on the beach as they didn't use sunscreen.
In this sentence, 'smażyć' is used metaphorically to describe the intense heating or scorching effect of the sun on the skin.
Nauczyciel smażył nas pytaniami o lekturę, nie dając chwili wytchnienia.
The teacher was grilling us with questions about the reading, not giving us a moment's respite.
Here, 'smażyć' is used figuratively to mean grilling or intensely questioning someone, extending the verb's usage to non-literal contexts.
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