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WordReference English-Polish Dictionary © 2026:
| act⇒ vi | (behave) | zachowywać się zwr. ndk. |
| | | zachować się zwr. dk. |
| | I thought he was ill, as he was acting strangely. |
| | Myślałem, że był chory, bo dziwnie się zachowywał. |
| act vi | (take action) | działać ndk. |
| | When I have spoken to my advisors, I will act. |
| | Po rozmowie z doradcami zacznę działać. |
| act vi | (pretend to be) | udawać ndk. |
| | | udać dk. |
| | He acted ill, as he didn't want to go to school. |
| | Udawał chorego, bo nie chciał iść do szkoły. |
| act n | (deed) | czyn m |
| | The rescue was the act of a brave man. |
| | Pójście na ratunek było czynem na miarę odważnego człowieka. |
| act n | (pretence) | gra ż |
| | | udawanie n |
| | Her apparent calmness was all an act. |
| | Jej zewnętrzny spokój był tylko grą. |
| act n | (theatre: division) | akt m |
| | The balcony scene happens in the second act. |
| | Scena balkonowa ma miejce w drugim akcie. |
| act n | (performance) (występ) | numer m |
| | The second act was a mime artist. |
| | Drugi numer to był występ mima. |
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WordReference English-Polish Dictionary © 2026:
| act on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (respond) | odpowiadać na coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | | odpowiedzieć na coś dk. + przyim. |
| | Olga acted on the email she received. |
| act on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (have effect) | działać na coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | The engraving was the result of the acid acting on the metal. |
act [sth] out,
act out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (enact, perform) | odgrywać ndk. |
| | | odegrać dk. |
| | Edward and Diana acted out the first scene of the play. |
| | On the training course, employees were asked to work in pairs and act out common workplace scenarios. |
| act out vi phrasal | US (misbehave) | źle się zachowywać przys. + zwr. ndk. |
| | The children are acting out. |
| act up vi phrasal | informal (machine: malfunction) | psuć się zwr. ndk. |
| | | szwankować ndk. |
| | The TV is acting up, but I think it's just a loose wire. |
| act upon [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (do [sth] in response) | reagować na coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | | zareagować na coś dk. + przyim. |
| | Harry acted upon Alice's request. |
| act upon [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (have an effect on) | oddziaływać na ndk. + przyim. |
| | The drug acts upon the nervous system. |
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WordReference English-Polish Dictionary © 2026:
| act as vtr | (perform function of) | działać jako ndk. + przyim. |
| | When their first met each other, it was her sister who acted as matchmaker. |
| act in concert v | (act together, do [sth] as a team) | działać razem, działać wspólnie ndk. + przys. |
| | The criminals were acting in concert to scam hundreds of people out of their life savings. |
| act in the interests of vtr | (act to protect or help) | działać na korzyść zwrot ndk. |
| | | zadziałać na korzyść zwrot dk. |
| | An attorney will always act in the best interests of her client. |
| act like vi + adv | informal (behave as if) | zachowywać się jak zwrot zwr. ndk. |
| | | zachować się jak zwrot zwr. dk. |
| | She acts like she thinks she is the queen. |
| act like vi + prep | (imitate) | udawać, naśladować ndk. |
| | Richard made everyone laugh by acting like a monkey. |
| act of faith n | (out of religious conviction) | akt wiary m + ż |
| | Going on a religious pilgrimage is an act of faith. |
| act of faith n | (demonstration of earnestness) | akt wiary m + ż |
| | Putting down a deposit is considered an act of faith. |
| act of God n | (law: unpreventable disaster) (przenośny) | siła wyższa ż + przym. |
| | The insurance company refused to pay out, ruling that the damages resulted from an act of God. |
| act of grace n | UK (amnesty) | akt łaski m + ż |
| act of kindness n | (favour, considerate gesture) | dobry uczynek przym. + m |
| | | przysługa ż |
| | In an act of kindness he gave me his sandwich. |
| act of love n | (action motivated by love) | akt miłości m + ż |
| act of violence n | (law: violent act, attack) | akt przemocy m + ż |
| act of war n | (action that provokes a war) | działanie wojenne n + przym. |
| | The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was an act of war, provoking the US to enter WWII. |
| act up vi | UK (child: misbehave) (potoczny) | rozrabiać ndk. |
| | Why do children always wait to be in public to act up? |
| act well vi + adv | (actor: be convincing) | dobrze grać przys. + ndk. |
| | | dobrze zagrać przys. + dk. |
| | Little Johnny acted so well in the school play, I'm sure he'll grow up to win an Oscar. |
| act your age interj | informal (stop behaving immaturely) | dorośnij wykrz. |
| | Fred should start acting his age. |
| criminal act n | (crime) | przestępstwo n |
| | The man was charged with three criminal acts, the most serious being arson. |
| disappearing act n | (magic trick) | sztuczka ze znikaniem ż + przyim. + n |
| | The magician performed a disappearing act in which a rabbit disappeared from under a hat. |
| disappearing act n | figurative, informal (disappearance) (przenośny) | znikać ndk. |
| | (przenośny) | zniknąć dk. |
| | Jenny does a disappearing act whenever helping with the housework is mentioned. |
| heroic act n | (brave, selfless action) | czyn bohaterski m + przym. |
| | I was surprised by John's heroic act of giving all that money to charity. |
| in the act adv | (committing a crime) | na gorącym uczynku wyr. |
| | The police arrived and caught the thief in the act. |
| in the act of prep | (while committing the crime of) | na gorącym uczynku wyr. |
| | The police arrived while he was in the act of stealing the girl's purse. |
| in the very act adv | (while committing this precise crime) | na gorącym uczynku wyr. |
| | I caught my dog in the very act of eating the steak I had bought for dinner. |
| magic act n | (illusion, trick) | sztuka magiczna ż + przym. |
| | A famous magic act involves cutting a woman in half. |
| power to act n | (law: right to intervene) | moc działania ż + n |
| power to act n | (authority to take action) | moc działania ż + n |
| read the riot act v expr | figurative, informal (reprimand [sb]) | przywoływać do porządku zwrot ndk. |
| | | przywołać do porządku zwrot dk. |
| | Anyone who breaks the school rules can expect the head teacher to read the riot act. |
read [sb] the riot act,
read the riot act to [sb] v expr | figurative, informal (reprimand) | przywoływać kogoś do porządku zwrot ndk. |
| | | przywołać kogoś do porządku zwrot dk. |
| | My curfew is midnight, but I got home at three in the morning, and my mom read me the riot act. |
| sex act n | (sexual intercourse) | akt płciowy m + przym. |
| | They were arrested for performing a sex act in public! |
| violent act n | (physical aggression) | akt przemocy m + ż |
| | This man is guilty of several violent acts against both women and young boys. |
| warm-up act n | (performer: before main act) | support m |