полако

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Compare Macedonian полека (poleka, “gradually”), Russian полегче (polexče). Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *lěkъ (“residual”) or a corruption of *lьgъkъ (“light, not heavy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /polǎːko/
  • Hyphenation: по‧ла‧ко

Adverb

пола́ко (Latin spelling poláko)

  1. slowly

Further reading

  • “полако”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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