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  What it means

  Literally “on the reverse / backwards.” Means the wrong way round, back to front, in reverse — “backwards,” “the wrong way,” “upside down.”

  Vocabulary

  • aborot — reverse, backwards (from Russian 'oborot' — turn)

  Grammar note

  'Na aborot' uses the accusative after 'na'. A borrowing from Russian that entered Polish colloquial speech.

  Cultural context

  One of many Russian loanwords in Polish colloquial speech — a legacy of historical proximity and the partitions period.

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