poczwara

== Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *počvara, from *počvariti, from *čvariti, whence czwarzyć. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔˈt͡ʂfa.ra/ Rhymes: -ara Syllabification: po‧czwa‧ra === Noun === poczwara f (diminutive poczwarka, related adjective poczwarny) (countable, fantasy, literary) monster (living creature with a terrifying appearance unlike any other known creature) Synonyms: monstrum, potwór (countable) monster (person distinguished from others by their particular ugliness) Synonym: potwór (colloquial, countable) monster (something that the speaker considers very ugly and disfiguring) Synonyms: brzydactwo, straszydło (uncountable) specter (event or phenomenon perceived as a threat or something that, although it has passed, has an impact on the current situation) Synonym: widmo ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “poczwara”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “poczwara”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)