poczekali
Poczekali is a Polish verb form, specifically the third-person plural past tense of the perfective verb poczekać, meaning they waited or they have waited. It is used to describe a completed act of waiting by a group of people.
Grammatical notes: In Polish, past tense forms agree with the subject in gender and number. Poczekali is
Etymology and nuance: The prefix po- attached to czekać creates the aspect of a brief, completed wait.
- Oni poczekali na autobus. (They waited for the bus.)
- Poczekali kilka minut, a potem zaczęli rozmawiać. (They waited a few minutes, and then started talking.)
See also: The related verbs czekać (to wait, imperfective) and poczekać (to wait for a short time,