age

[eɪdʒ] 1. n

wiek m

2. vi

starzeć się (zestarzeć się perf or postarzeć się perf)

3. vt

postarzać (postarzyć perf)

what age is he? — ile on ma lat?

he is 20 years of age — ma dwadzieścia lat

under age — nieletni, niepełnoletni

to come of age — osiągać (osiągnąć perf) pełnoletniość

it's been ages since we last saw each other — nie widzieliśmy się całe wieki

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[ei‹] 1. noun

1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) wiek

2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) wiek

3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) wiek

4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) wiek

2. verb

(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) starzeć się, postarzać

- aged

- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
- of age