wystarczyć

This is the 16985th most frequent Polish word.


wystarczyć

"To be enough" or "to suffice."


Here, "wystarczyć" is used to indicate sufficiency or adequacy for the described need.

Wystarczy mi jedna kawa dziennie, aby czuć się dobrze.

One coffee per day is enough for me to feel good.


In this case, "wystarczyć" implies that an amount (time) might be sufficient for completing a task.

Czy wystarczy ci czasu na wykonanie tego zadania?

Will you have enough time to complete this task?


Here, "wystarczyć" indicates inadequacy; the resources (food) were insufficient for the duration mentioned.

Nie wystarczyło nam jedzenia na cały wyjazd.

We didn't have enough food for the whole trip.