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  What it means

  Literally “go to the devil.” The standard Polish way to tell someone to get lost or go to hell. Ranges from mildly rude to quite offensive depending on tone and context.

  Vocabulary

  • idź — go (imperative)
  • diabeł — devil

  Grammar note

  'Do diabła' uses the genitive of 'diabeł' after 'do' (to). The imperative 'idź' is the 2nd person singular of 'iść'.

  Cultural context

  A milder variant is 'idź do ślaka' — 'ślak' being an archaic/dialectal word, making it sound more quaint than offensive.

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