poparli

Poparli is the third-person plural past tense form of the Polish verb popierać, meaning to support or back. It is used to indicate that a group of people completed the action of supporting something in the past.

In Polish, past tense forms agree with the subject in gender and number. Poparli specifically corresponds to masculine personal plural (they supported), while feminine plural would be poparły, and neuter or non-personal subjects use poparło. This means that poparli appears when referring to a group of men or a mixed-gender group.

Typical usage appears in politics and journalism, but it also occurs in everyday speech. For example: Posłowie poparli projekt ustawy – The members of parliament supported the draft bill. The form can be used with various objects or clauses, such as poparli inicjatywę, poparli decyzję, or poparli działania.

Poparli is closely related to the infinitive popierać (to support) and to the noun poparcie (support or backing). It is a standard, neutral verb form and does not carry any inherent evaluative meaning beyond the assertion of past support; tone depends on context and additional phrasing.

See also: popierać, poparcie, popierać wniosek, kontekst polityczny.