• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “to play for delay.” Means to stall, to drag things out deliberately — using tactics to buy time rather than resolve a situation. Common in negotiations, sports, and politics.

  Vocabulary

  • grać — to play (imperfective)
  • zwłoka — delay, procrastination

  Grammar note

  'Na zwłokę' uses the accusative after 'na', indicating the goal or purpose of the action — playing *for* delay.

  Intermediate

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