Co słychać (Polish words)
/t͡sɔ ˈswɨ.xat͡ɕ/
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A common informal Polish greeting used to ask how someone is doing, equivalent to 'What's up?' or 'How are you?'
Co słychać? Nie widziałem cię od tygodnia!
What's up? I haven't seen you for a week!
Etymology
This is a fixed colloquial phrase formed from individual Polish words: "co" meaning "what" and "słychać" meaning "to be heard", developed over centuries of common Polish conversational use as a casual greeting.
Memory Aid
Break it into parts: "Co" = "What" + "słychać" = "hear" → literally "what is being heard", which matches the meaning "what's going on/what's up".
Collocations
cześćjak się maszdziękido zobaczenia
Synonyms
jak lecico nowegojak się masz
Related Words
cześćpowitaniedo widzenia