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  What it means

  Literally “to have a fright.” Means to be scared, to have the fear — a colloquial way of saying you’re frightened of something.

  Vocabulary

  • mieć — to have
  • strach — fear / fright

  Grammar note

  'Stracha' is the colloquial genitive/accusative of 'strach' — in colloquial speech 'mieć stracha' competes with the more standard 'bać się'.

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