• Listen

  What it means

  “To the point of pain / to an extreme degree.” Used as an intensifier meaning excessively, to a painful or absurd degree — painfully obvious, painfully boring, etc.

  Vocabulary

  • ból — pain
  • do bólu — to the point of pain

  Grammar note

  'Do bólu' uses the genitive of 'ból' after 'do'. Functions as an adverbial intensifier.

  Cultural context

  Very versatile: 'nudny do bólu' (painfully boring), 'oczywisty do bólu' (painfully obvious), 'szczery do bólu' (brutally honest).

  Intermediate

Noticed a typo, a wrong translation, or anything that doesn't look right? We'd love to fix it — just let us know via the contact page. Thank you!