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B1 Polish listening practice · Polish · Curated for intermediate learners
What does “masakra” mean in Polish slang?
In this clip, someone reacts to a wild personal story with a single word: “Masakra, nie?” Literally “massacre,” but nobody’s talking violence — Poles reach for “masakra” whenever something is shockingly bad, chaotic, or simply too much, from a burnt dinner to bumper-to-bumper traffic. Context does the work: it can sound outraged, amused, or both at once.
You’ll hear it stand alone as a one-word exclamation (“Masakra!”), or tacked onto a story the way English uses “what a disaster” or “that’s insane.” It’s casual and skews younger and informal — save it for friends, not job interviews.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-PL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.