upokarza

Upokarza is a present tense form in the Polish language. It is the third-person singular present indicative of the imperfective verb upokarzać, which means to humiliate or to debase someone. The corresponding infinitive is upokarzać, and the related perfective form is upokorzyć, whose present tense forms differ (for example, upokorzy).

In usage, upokarzać conveys repeated, habitual, or ongoing humiliating actions rather than a single completed act. It typically takes a direct object in the accusative to indicate who is being humiliated, and the subject is expressed through the person and number of the form (on/upokarza = he humiliates; ona/upokarza = she humiliates).

Examples include: On upokarza mnie przy każdej okazji (He humiliates me on every occasion). Oboje upokarzają pracowników w firmie (They humiliate the employees at the company). The form can appear in various tenses through its broader conjugation paradigm; the present indicative upokarza is specifically the form used for present-day or habitual actions by a singular third person.

Etymology and related forms: upokarza is part of the imperfective verb upokarzać, built with standard Polish verb inflection. The related perfective pair is upokorzyć, which conveys a single, completed act of humiliation and has its own present tense form (e.g., upokorzy).

See also: upokarzać, upokorzyć, poniżać, humiliation (concept in Polish rhetoric and social language).