No. 5,810 in Polish
zalewają
"Zalewają" means "they flood" or "they pour over."
In a sentence
Deszczowe chmury zalewają miasto.
Rain clouds are flooding the city.
In this sentence, 'zalewają' metaphorically describes rain clouds covering or dominating the presence over the city, implying an overwhelming quantity.
Reklamy zalewają naszą skrzynkę pocztową.
Advertisements are flooding our mailbox.
Here, 'zalewają' signifies the excessive bombing or inundation of advertisements in a metaphorical sense.
Rzeka zalewa nadbrzeżne łąki.
The river is flooding the riverside meadows.
In this context, 'zalewają' refers to an actual physical scenario where water overflows its boundaries.
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