Na aborot
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What it means
Literally “on the reverse / backwards.” Means the wrong way round, back to front, in reverse — “backwards,” “the wrong way,” “upside down.”
Vocabulary
- aborot — reverse, backwards (from Russian 'oborot' — turn)
Grammar note
'Na aborot' uses the accusative after 'na'. A borrowing from Russian that entered Polish colloquial speech.
Cultural context
One of many Russian loanwords in Polish colloquial speech — a legacy of historical proximity and the partitions period.
Intermediate
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