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  What it means

  Literally “in vain / for nothing.” Means without result, uselessly — “in vain,” “to no avail,” “for nothing.”

  Vocabulary

  • próżny — vain, empty, futile

  Grammar note

  'Na próżno' uses the accusative of 'próżne' after 'na' — a fixed adverbial phrase.

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