Klucz szwedzki
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What it means
Literally “Swedish key.” The Polish name for an adjustable spanner or monkey wrench — a versatile tool that can fit many different bolt sizes.
Vocabulary
- klucz — key / wrench / spanner
- szwedzki — Swedish
Grammar note
'Szwedzki' is a masculine adjective agreeing with 'klucz'.
Cultural context
The tool is called 'Swedish' in Polish (and several other languages) due to its invention by Swedish engineer Johan Petter Johansson in the 1890s.
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