Polish essential adjective vocabulary: 300 words
Describe anything — the adjectives you reach for every day (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). This page lists 40 of them with their Polish translations, then lets you practise the full set in either direction with spaced repetition.
English to Polish: the first 40 words
| English | Polish | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| good | dobry | |
| bad | zły | |
| big | duży | |
| small | mały | |
| hot | gorący | |
| cold | zimny | |
| fast | szybki | |
| slow | wolny | |
| happy | szczęśliwy | |
| sad | smutny | |
| angry | zły | |
| afraid | przestraszony | |
| tired | zmęczony | |
| hungry | głodny | |
| thirsty | spragniony | |
| sick | chory | |
| healthy | zdrowy | |
| strong | silny | |
| weak | słaby | |
| tall | wysoki | |
| short | niski | |
| long | długi | |
| new | nowy | |
| old | stary | |
| young | młody | |
| dirty | brudny | |
| clean | czysty | |
| wet | mokry | |
| dry | suchy | |
| soft | miękki | |
| hard | twardy | |
| smooth | gładki | |
| rough | szorstki | |
| dark | ciemny | |
| heavy | ciężki | |
| sweet | słodki | |
| bitter | gorzki | |
| salty | słony | |
| sour | kwaśny | |
| beautiful | piękny |
260 more words in the full “Essential Adjectives” library, each aligned across seven languages and scheduled for you by spaced repetition. Add it to your account and start drilling English to Polish in one click.
What to watch out for in Polish
- Accents count. Answers are graded accent-sensitively, so you need
ąćęłńóśźż— LinguaSwap shows a one-tap keypad for them while you type. - 59 words carry a usage note in the full library, for the cases where a direct translation would mislead you.
Practise Polish essential adjective vocabulary
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