mieć

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Hear it

verbcolloquialimperfective
  1. to have
  2. to be some age
  3. used as a semantically weak verb with some nouns
  4. to have, to have sex with
  5. to consider someone as something

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Other forms

infinitivemieć

Used in the library

Other ways to say it

Idioms you will actually hear

  • mieć muchy w nosieto be in a huffLiterally to have flies in your nose: co ty, masz muchy w nosie?

Idioms built on the body

  • mieć głowę na karkuto have your head screwed onLiterally to have a head on your neck: someone sensible and practical.
  • mieć złote ręceto be good with your handsLiterally to have golden hands: someone who can mend anything.
  • mieć coś na końcu językato have something on the tip of your tongueLiterally to have it at the end of your tongue: a word you almost remember. Mam to na końcu języka.

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