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  What it means

  Literally “one would like to say.” A slightly formal or literary phrase used to introduce a remark — “one might say,” “you could say,” “as one might put it.”

  Vocabulary

  • chciałoby się — one would like to / one is tempted to
  • rzec — to say (literary/archaic infinitive)

  Grammar note

  'Chciałoby się' is an impersonal conditional construction. 'Rzec' is an archaic infinitive of 'powiedzieć/mówić,' lending a literary flavor.

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