popracowali

Popracowali is a Polish verb form meaning “they worked hard.” It is the past tense, masculine personal plural form of the perfective verb popracować, used to describe a completed or intensive period of work by a group of people. In everyday language, it signals that a specific effort was undertaken and finished.

Etymology and grammar credits: the form is built from the verb pracować (to work) with the prefixed aspect po-, yielding popracować (to work hard for a while, to complete a stretch of work). Polish expresses tense and gender through endings, so popracowali denotes a masculine personal group in the past; feminine or mixed groups use popracowały, while singular forms are popracowałem, popracowała, or popracowało, depending on gender and number.

Usage and examples: popracowali nad projektem do późna and they worked hard on the project until late. Another example is popracowali cały weekend, indicating a sustained effort over the weekend. The expression often appears in reporting, narrative, or informal recounting of collective efforts, and it contrasts with imperfective forms like pracowali, which would emphasize ongoing or repeated activity without necessarily stressing completion.

Notes: popracowali is not a proper noun or a place name; it is a grammatical form of a verb. Its nuance centers on a decisive, completed phase of effort rather than an ongoing process, and it may appear in both spoken and written Polish to convey a sense of earned or substantial labor by a group.