No. 17,372 in Polish
zapomnieć
"Zapomnieć" means "to forget."
In a sentence
Zapomniałem zamknąć drzwi.
I forgot to close the door.
The verb 'zapomnieć' is used here to express forgetting to do a specific action.
Nie mogę zapomnieć tej piosenki.
I can't forget this song.
In this sentence, 'zapomnieć' indicates the difficulty or impossibility of erasing a memory of something.
Staram się zapomnieć o tym wydarzeniu.
I am trying to forget about this event.
Here, 'zapomnieć' reflects the intention or effort to remove a memory or impression of a particular occurrence.
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