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    What it means

    Literally “pleasantly seen.” Means welcome, appreciated, or desirable — used to describe something or someone that is received positively or whose presence is desired.

    Vocabulary

    • mile — pleasantly / kindly
    • widziany — seen (past passive participle of 'widzieć')

    Grammar note

    'Widziany' is a past passive participle — it agrees in gender with the subject. Feminine: 'mile widziana', plural: 'mile widziani/widziane'.

    Cultural context

    Common in job postings — 'doświadczenie mile widziane' (experience welcome/appreciated).

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