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friend

Polish translation: kumpel, kumpelka, stary, stara

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English term or phrase:friend
Polish translation:kumpel, kumpelka, stary, stara
Entered by: Teresa Goscinska

12:41 Jun 9, 2001
English to Polish translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: friend
slang for "old friend"; friend
John Doe
kumpel, kumpelka, stary, stara
Explanation:
To są 2 polskie wyrażenie slangowe
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Teresa Goscinska
Local time: 21:07
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Summary of answers provided
na +2kumpel, kumpelka, stary, stara
Teresa Goscinska
na +1przyjaciel, druh
Kamil
nakolega, kolezanka
Ivona McCormick
naprzyjaciel/przyjaciylka
slavist


  

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37 mins peer agreement (net): +1
przyjaciel, druh


Explanation:
The basic meaning of "friend" is przyjaciel (male) / przyjaciółka (female).

If it has to be a bit "slangish", "stary druh" may be better (but only about a man)




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Kamil
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agree  leff
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1 hr
kolega, kolezanka


Explanation:
kolega (male) or kolezanka (female) is simply a friend, somebody you know, somebody you hang out with.
przyjaciel (male)or przyjaciolka (female) in polish means best friend, somebody that is very dear to you.


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Ivona McCormick
United States
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3 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
kumpel, kumpelka, stary, stara


Explanation:
To są 2 polskie wyrażenie slangowe


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Teresa Goscinska
Local time: 21:07
Native speaker of: Polish
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agree  Robert Pranagal: Robert Pranagal> others are hardly slang...
132 days

agree  Anna Bittner
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12 hrs
przyjaciel/przyjaciylka


Explanation:
przyjaciel - if you need to express gender - male
przyjaciólka - female

You may also use:
stary druh
which is a kind of slang and is too familiar.:)) They use it for male friend.








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slavist
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