uaktualnia

Uaktualnia is a Polish verb meaning to update or bring something up to date. It is the present tense form used with the third-person singular subject (for example, on uaktualnia means “he updates”). The verb exists in imperfective form as uaktualniać and in its perfective counterpart as uaktualnić, with the imperfective used for habitual or ongoing updating and the perfective used for a completed update or a future update when used in the present tense.

Etymology and formation: the word is built from the stem aktual- meaning current or up-to-date, with the prefix u- and the Polish verb suffix -ować to form a standard Polish imperfective verb meaning “to update.” The related noun aktualizacja means an update or updating action, and aktualny means current or up-to-date. The prefix u- often adds a sense of bringing something to a specified state.

Usage and contexts: uaktualnia is widely used in computing and information management to describe software or data updates, for example, a program that uaktualnia itself automatically. It is also used in journalism, administration, and everyday language to indicate bringing information, records, or documents up to date. The distinction between imperfective and perfective aspects affects tense interpretation: uaktualnia is typically present for habitual updating, while uaktualnić or forms like uaktualni indicate a completed or future update.

Examples: The system uaktualnia dane every night. Dziennikarz uaktualnia artykuł, dodając najnowsze informacje. Oprogramowanie może się samo uaktualniać, gdy jest podłączone do internetu.

See also: aktualizacja, aktualizować, uaktualnić, aktualny.