No. 17,134 in Polish
zaapelować
"Zaapelować" means "to appeal" (to make a formal request or plea).
In a sentence
Rada miasta postanowiła zaapelować do mieszkańców o oszczędzanie wody.
The town council decided to appeal to residents to save water.
The verb 'zaapelować' is used here in its literal sense of 'to appeal', usually in formal or official communications, addressing a public or group for action.
Zaapelowaliśmy do uczniów, żeby zadbali o porządek w klasach.
We appealed to the students to take care of the cleanliness in classrooms.
Here, 'zaapelować' conveys making a collective, albeit informal, request to a particular group, urging them to take specific actions.
Organizacje ekologiczne apelują do władz o ochronę lasów.
Environmental organizations appeal to the authorities for forest protection.
In this context, 'zaapelować' shows its use in advocacy, where groups urge entities in power to consider taking actions beneficial to specific causes.
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