chciał

Meaning

third-person singular masculine past of chcieć

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xt͡ɕaw/

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chcieć

to want (to wish for or desire)
used in polite commands; to want
to be able to, can
to feel like, to want (to have a desire for something, or to do something)
used to indicate when someone is experiencing a specific condition of their body that is associated with an action indicated by the subordinate verb; to want

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Przez chwilę chciał jej to wytłumaczyć .

He wanted to explain it to her for a moment.

Z początku nie chciał wierzyć , ale uwierzył.

At first he didn't want to believe, but he did.

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by chciał , żebyśmy czekali tysiąc lat .

He would have wanted us to wait a thousand years.

"Jakżebym chciał tego !"

“How I would like that!”

Emil obraził się potem i

nie chciał przez cały tydzień .

Emil took offense afterwards and didn't want to for a whole week.

" Profesor chciał usunąć się niepostrzeżony, lecz Hartmann go dogonił."

“The professor wanted to get away unnoticed, but Hartmann caught up with him.”

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