PROMISE - Translation from English into Polish

I. promise [ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑ:-] VB trans

1. promise (pledge):

promise: obiecywać [perf obiecać]

promise: przyrzekać [perf przyrzec]

to promise sb the moon [or earth]: obiecywać komuś gruszki na wierzbie

2. promise inf (warn):

I promise you, it won't be easy: ostrzegam cię [lub możesz być pewien] , że to nie będzie łatwe

3. promise (have potential):

promise: zwiastować

promise: zapowiadać

II. promise [ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑ:-] VB intr

1. promise (pledge):

promise: obiecywać [perf obiecać]

2. promise (seem likely):

it promised to be a lovely evening: wieczór zapowiadał się wspaniale

to promise well: dobrze się zapowiadać

III. promise [ˈprɒmɪs, Am ˈprɑ:-] N

1. promise (pledge):

promise: obietnica f

promise: przyrzeczenie nt

to make a promise: obiecywać [perf obiecać]

to keep one's promise to sb: dotrzymywać [perf dotrzymać] danej komuś obietnicy

to break a promise: złamać przyrzeczenie

2. promise no pl (potential):

a young person of promise: młoda, bardzo obiecująca osoba

she shows promise: dobrze się zapowiada

the promise of sth: nadzieja f na coś

counter-promise N LAW

counter-promise: przyrzeczenie nt wzajemne

Present
I	promise
you	promise
he/she/it	promises
we	promise
you	promise
they	promise

Past
I	promised
you	promised
he/she/it	promised
we	promised
you	promised
they	promised

Present Perfect
I	have	promised
you	have	promised
he/she/it	has	promised
we	have	promised
you	have	promised
they	have	promised

Past Perfect
I	had	promised
you	had	promised
he/she/it	had	promised
we	had	promised
you	had	promised
they	had	promised

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the promise of sth: nadzieja f na coś

to make a promise: obiecywać [perf obiecać]

to break a promise: złamać przyrzeczenie

to dishonour a promise: nie dotrzymywać [perf dotrzymać] obietnicy

to promise well: dobrze się zapowiadać

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

He paid her a deposit, with the promise of two more installment payments.

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For humanly instituted rites are not sacraments, properly speaking, because human beings do not have the authority to promise grace.

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A treatment involving the placement of an intragastric balloon via gastroscopy has shown promise.

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The authors promise to criticise in forthright terms those leftists who ally with illiberal theocrats or other anti-democratic figures and organisations.

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The relative was so shocked to see him there in tatters, he had to drag away the protesting scholar with the promise to help him.

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