No. 17,659 in Polish
zjada
"Zjada" means "eats" in English.
In a sentence
Mam psa, który zawsze zjada jedzenie, które mu daję.
I have a dog who always eats up the food I give him.
In this sentence, 'zjada' refers to the dog's action of eating food completely.
Zauważyłem, że nowa maszyna zjada papier podczas drukowania.
I noticed that the new machine consumes paper during printing.
Here, 'zjada' metaphorically describes the machine swallowing or consuming paper.
Dziękuję, że zjadałaś ciasto, które zrobiłem specjalnie dla ciebie.
Thank you for eating the cake I made specially for you.
In this case, 'zjadałaś' expresses the action of someone having eaten the cake, indicating completion.
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