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  What it means

  Literally “moment of truth.” The decisive moment when reality is revealed — when you face the consequences, when the test comes, when pretense falls away.

  Vocabulary

  • chwila — moment
  • prawda — truth

  Grammar note

  'Prawdy' is the genitive of 'prawda' — 'a moment of truth.' A noun phrase in the nominative.

  Cultural context

  From bullfighting terminology (Spanish 'el momento de la verdad'), but fully absorbed into Polish.

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