This is the 3494th most frequent Polish word.
zwracał
"Zwracał" means "he/it was returning" or "he/it was paying attention."
Here, 'zwracał' refers to the act of paying attention, pairing with 'uwagę' to form a common phrase 'zwracać uwagę' which means 'to pay attention'.
Jan zawsze zwracał uwagę na szczegóły.
John always paid attention to details.
In this sentence, 'zwracał' means 'returned', used in the sense of giving back something previously borrowed.
On zwracał książki do biblioteki każdego piątku.
He returned books to the library every Friday.
Here, 'zwracał się' combines with 'z pytaniami' to mean 'addressed with questions', showing a form of communication or inquiry.