powierzono

Powierzono is a Polish verb form meaning “it was entrusted” or “they entrusted.” It is the past tense, passive voice form of the perfective verb powierzyć, which means to entrust, assign, or commit something to someone. In sentences, powierzono functions as a finite verb and typically appears without an explicit agent; the recipient or the thing entrusted is often placed in the sentence and, if needed, the beneficiary or addressee is marked in the dative.

Usage and examples:

- Powierzono mu wykonanie zadania. — The task was entrusted to him.

- Wykonanie projektu powierzono firmie zewnętrznej. — The execution of the project was entrusted to an external company.

- Zadanie zostało powierzono specjalistom z zespołu. — The task was entrusted to the specialists on the team.

Active counterpart: The active forms are powierzył (masculine singular), powierzyła (feminine singular), powierzyli/powierzyły (plural), etc., used to indicate who performed the entrusting. The imperfective variant powierzać expresses a repeated or ongoing sense of entrusting, while powierzyć (perfective) emphasizes a completed action.

Etymology: powierzono derives from powierzyć with the prefix po-; the root is related to the concept of trust or belief, aligning with the sense of handing over responsibility.

Related terms: powierzenie (the act of entrusting, an entrustment or assignment), powierzyć (to entrust), powierzalny (resembling capable of being entrusted in certain contexts).

Powierzono is common in formal, administrative, and journalistic Polish, where passive constructions are frequently used to report on delegation, assignment, or transfer of responsibility.