dostosowywa

Dostosowywa is not a standard standalone entry in Polish dictionaries. It is typically encountered as an incomplete form or stem related to the verb dostosowywać, which means to adjust, tailor, or adapt to conditions, requirements, or preferences. The related perfective form dostosować expresses the same idea as a completed action. The noun dostosowywanie denotes the process or act of adjusting or adapting.

Meaning and usage

Dostosowywać and its derivatives are widely used in everyday Polish, especially in contexts such as technology, business, design, and service industries. The term describes making something fit an external standard or a user’s needs, for example adjusting software interfaces, modifying products to local markets, or aligning procedures with new regulations. Common collocations include phrases like dostosować rozmiar do ekranu (adjust the size to the screen), dostosowywać ofertę do klienta (adapt the offer to the client), and dostosowywanie procesów (the process of adjusting processes).

Morphology and related forms

Dostosowywać is the imperfective form, used for ongoing or repeated actions, while dostosować is the perfective form, used for a completed adjustment. The process or act is expressed by the noun dostosowywanie. Related adjectives and participles describe things that are adjustable or being adjusted, such as dostosowywany (being adjusted). The stem dostosowy- appears across these forms, with standard inflection in line with Polish verb conjugation.

See also

dostosować, dostosowywanie, dostosowywanie się.