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  What it means

  Literally “to death / to the point of dying.” Means to an extreme degree, to death — “to death,” “to the point of exhaustion.” E.g. “zmęczony na umór” — dead tired; “zakochany na umór” — madly in love.

  Vocabulary

  • umór — death, dying (archaic, from umrzeć)

  Grammar note

  'Na umór' uses the accusative after 'na' — degree/intensity. An archaic word surviving only in this fixed phrase.

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