otwiera

Otwiera is a Polish verb meaning “opens” or “is opening.” It is the third-person singular present indicative form of the imperfective verb otwierać, which denotes the act of opening in a general or ongoing sense. The imperfective aspect focuses on the process rather than a completed result. The corresponding forms for other persons are: ja otwieram, ty otwierasz, my otwieramy, wy otwieracie, oni otwierają. The perfective counterpart is otworzyć, whose present tense forms include otworzę, otworzysz, otworzy, and in the plural otworzymy, otworzycie, otworzą.

In usage, otwiera describes someone or something that is opening an object—such as doors, windows, containers—or, more broadly, initiating an opening moment, whether literal or figurative. For completed, single-incident openings, Polish commonly uses the perfective otworzyć (e.g., on otworzył drzwi, she opened the door). The noun forms otwarcie and otwieranie are frequently used to refer to the act or process of opening, with otwieranie serving as a gerund-like noun and otwarcie as a more general noun meaning “opening.”

Examples: On otwiera drzwi. Otwiera okno. Firma otwiera nową filię. The distinction between otwiera and its perfective otworzyć is typical in Polish: otwiera for ongoing or habitual actions, otworzyć for a bounded, completed action.

See also: otwieranie, otwarcie, otworzyć, otwierać.