wara!

English translation: keep off/hands off/keep away

15:36 Nov 4, 2020
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: wara!
W tekście jednej z piosenek obecnych protestów: "wara od nas wiaro!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95_ZIOxiQCE
Szukam tłumaczenia które oddawało by choć trochę siłę/ładunek emocjonalny tego imperatywu.
benstoik
Germany
English translation:keep off/hands off/keep away
Explanation:
j.w.
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Mateusz Izdebski
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4keep off/hands off/keep away
Mateusz Izdebski
3don't tread on me/us!
geopiet
3back off
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3piss off
mike23
3Stay the fuck away from me!
Jerzy CertTrans


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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
keep off/hands off/keep away


Explanation:
j.w.

Mateusz Izdebski
Local time: 11:54
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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agree  mike23
1 hr

agree  Ewa Dabrowska
5 hrs

agree  Andrzej Mierzejewski: hands off!
1 day 1 hr

agree  legato
5 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
don't tread on me/us!


Explanation:
don't tread on me/us, you (catholic) faith!

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Don't tread on me
I said, don't tread on me
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail …
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geopiet
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
back off


Explanation:
Back off
To be told to mind your own business or to stop doing something.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Back off

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 06:54
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
piss off


Explanation:
piss off

Można to rozważyć z uwagi na zbieżność angielskiego wyrazu z nazwą pewnej partii w Polsce. Widziałem takie tabliczki (po angielsku) noszone ostatnio na ulicach przez protestujących

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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs (2020-11-05 18:16:45 GMT)
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pis off banners - See here
https://www.google.pl/search?source=hp&ei=WEGkX666EI_kU-WlmK...

mike23
Poland
Local time: 11:54
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1 day 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Stay the fuck away from me!


Explanation:
Z uwagi na podtekst seksualny, to może oddawać sens. Oczywiście można to rozszeszyć o wymienienie części ciała to stay away from

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Note added at 1 day 11 hrs (2020-11-06 03:22:11 GMT)
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albo po prostu 'fuck off' z zachowaniem podtekstu seksualnego

Jerzy CertTrans
United States
Local time: 05:54
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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