bar

[bɑː(r)] 1. n

(place for drinking) bar m; (counter) kontuar m; (of metal etc) sztaba f; (on window etc) krata f; (of soap) kostka f; (of chocolate) tabliczka f; (obstacle) przeszkoda f; (prohibition) zakaz m; (MUS) takt m

2. vt

way, road zagradzać (zagrodzić perf); door, window barykadować (zabarykadować perf), ryglować (zaryglować perf); person odmawiać (odmówić perf) wstępu +dat; activity zabraniać (zabronić perf) or zakazywać (zakazać perf) +gen

behind bars — za kratkami

the Bar (JUR) — adwokatura

bar none — bez wyjątku

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1. noun

1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) sztaba

2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) pasek

3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) zasuwa

4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) bar, lada, kontuar

5) (a public house.) bar

6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) takt

7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) przeszkoda

8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) barierka

2. verb

1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) ryglować

2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) zakazać wstępu

3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) uniemożliwiać

3. preposition

(except: All bar one of the family had measles.) oprócz

- barmaid

- barman
- bar code