No. 5,364 in Polish
spowodować
To cause.
In a sentence
Silne opady deszczu spowodowały powódź w mieście.
Heavy rainfall caused flooding in the city.
Here, 'spowodować' is used to indicate the cause of a natural event.
Niedopatrzenia mogą spowodować poważne problemy w projekcie.
Oversights can cause serious problems in the project.
In this case, 'spowodować' is used to show the potential causal relationship between an action or inaction and its effects.
Zmiana harmonogramu spowodowała opóźnienia w realizacji.
A change in the schedule caused delays in execution.
Here, 'spowodować' expresses the direct causation of a consequence due to an administrative decision.
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