Meaning

1 senses

  1. To dance the polka.

    dance a polka

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Mary was wearing a polka dot dress.

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  2. Her dress is blue with white polka dots.

    ruПлатье у неё синее в белый горошек. — marafon

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  3. Tom was wearing an ugly plaid jacket and a polka-dot tie.

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  4. Tom is a piano teacher and also plays the accordion in a polka band.

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  5. Her skirt is yellow with polka dots.

    ruЕё юбка желтая с узором в горошек. — joulin

    deIhr Rock ist gelb mit Tupfen. — Tamy

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Origin

Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see p

Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).

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Forms

polkas, polkaing, polkaed, polkaed
Base formpolka · to polka
3rd person singularpolkas
Present participlepolkaing
Past simplepolkaed
Past participlepolkaed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypolka
he, she, itpolkas

Past simpleLesson

all personspolkaed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave polkaed
he, she, ithas polkaed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill polka

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
politicizepoliticsB1polityB2polkpollpollen

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