No. 16,362 in Polish
uśmiechał
"Uśmiechał" means "he was smiling" in English.
In a sentence
Jan uśmiechał się, gdy zobaczył swojego psa.
Jan smiled when he saw his dog.
The word 'uśmiechał' is used here as a third person singular past tense verb, showing that Jan was smiling during the time he saw his dog.
Maria uśmiechała się przez całą rozmowę z koleżanką.
Maria was smiling throughout the entire conversation with her friend.
Here, the verb 'uśmiechała' (the feminine form of 'uśmiechał') is used in its past tense to indicate an ongoing action of smiling during a conversation.
On zawsze uśmiechał się na wiadomość o jej sukcesach.
He always smiled at the news of her successes.
In this context, 'uśmiechał' illustrates a habitual action of smiling occurring repeatedly upon hearing good news.
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