wydarza

Wydarza is a form of the Polish verb wydarzać, meaning to occur or to take place. It represents the third-person singular present indicative form of the imperfective aspect. In modern usage, the form wydarza by itself is uncommon without a reflexive particle; the standard present tense construction for “it happens” is wydarza się, meaning “it happens” or “it occurs.”

Polish distinguishes imperfective and perfective aspects in this semantic field. The imperfective wydarzać corresponds to ongoing or repeated events, while the related perfective form wydarzy się is used to express a single occurrence or a future event, as in “co wydarzy się później?” (what will happen later?). The verb pair wydarzać/wydarzyć belongs to the set of verbs meaning to occur or to take place, with synonyms such as zdarzać/zdarzyć, though zdarzyć się is more common in everyday speech.

Etymology in standard references is not always detailed for this verb, but it is formed with the prefix wy- and a root linked to the notion of happening or taking place. The noun form related to this concept is wydarzenie (an event, occurrence).

Wydarza is primarily encountered in grammatical descriptions, dictionaries, or older literary texts rather than as a stand-alone common usage in contemporary speech. For everyday expression, speakers most often use wydarza się or wydarzy się, or replace with zdarzać się/zdarzyć się when appropriate.

See also: wydarzyć się, zdarzyć się, wydarzenie.