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Translate Polish?

Can any native or fluent polish speaker translate the follwoing comment:

" ale koleś :smile:

"

the literal translation according to one of the many online translation sites is "but comrade"

what is the real meaning?

For context, the comment was on a photo of myself and a female friend.

Thanks in advance.

whereas colleague

It means friend. An expression to say, "Ah, look, your friend."

Ale = Interjection

Koleś = Friend

ohh duke

its related to friends as said above, in a "Look, your friend" way, so it probably meant in a complementary way. Foreign languages usually literally mean something, but can have different meanings in context. theres many examples in English.

another polish one, for example 'na raszie' LITERALLY means 'your health' but is used like 'CHEERS' before you drink. different in context. if you get me.

if you get me

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Absurd

I would imagine it means something along the lines of 'what a guy'.

another polish one, for example 'na raszie' LITERALLY means 'your health' but is used like 'CHEERS' before you drink. different in context. if you get me.

You mean 'na zdrowie'.

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still_waiting

another polish one, for example 'na raszie' LITERALLY means 'your health' but is used like 'CHEERS' before you drink. different in context. if you get me

na raszie= na razie= see you, bye, see you soon; your health= twoje zdrowie and it is one of toasts something like cheers or to you

Reply 7

Polish_star

Hi! I"m not sure if the question is still valid , but I hope I could share some knowledge and explain to everyone interested that "koleś" in Polish means "dude" in English. :rolleyes: