odwlekam

Odwlekam is the first-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb odwlekać, which means to delay or postpone. The verb is imperfective and can be used transitively (odwlekać coś) or intransitively with time (odwlekać do określonego momentu). For example, one can say: Odwlekam spotkanie na jutro or Odwlekam decyzję, aż będę mieć więcej informacji. The expression often carries a nuance of prolonging time or acting with reluctance.

Etymology and usage notes: odwlekać is formed with the prefix od- added to wlekać (to drag), giving a sense of dragging something away from its intended time. Its usage contrasts with synonyms such as odkładać (to place off or postpone) and zwlekać (to stall or loiter). Odwlekanie tends to emphasize the deliberate extension of time or dragging out a situation, sometimes with a sense of avoidance. The corresponding noun forms include odwlekanie (deferral, postponement) and procrastination may be described in Polish as prokrastynacja.

Grammatical context: as an imperfective verb, odwlekać and its forms describe repeated or ongoing postponement actions rather than a single completed event. The present tense form shown here, odwlekam, is used in everyday speech to express current postponement.

See also: odłożyć, zwlekać, prokrastynacja. In Polish, speakers may choose among these verbs to convey subtle distinctions between delaying, postponing, or stalling a task or decision.