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  What it means

  Literally “to give fumes/exhaust.” To go all out, to give it everything, to perform with full intensity and energy. Used for music, sports, parties, or any high-energy situation.

  Vocabulary

  • dać — to give
  • czad — carbon monoxide fumes; (slang) intense energy, fire

  Grammar note

  'Czadu' is genitive of 'czad' — partitive genitive after 'dać' in this colloquial usage.

  Cultural context

  Very colloquial and energetic. 'Czad!' on its own is also an exclamation meaning 'awesome!' or 'fire!'

  Intermediate

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