wykonano

Wykonano is a Polish verb form representing the past tense in an impersonal passive construction. It translates roughly as “it was carried out” or “has been completed.” The form is derived from the perfective verb wykonać (to perform, to carry out) and is used without an explicit agent.

Grammatical details: Wykonano is the short passive past tense form, neuter in agreement, used with inanimate or neutral subjects. The agent performing the action is not specified, which makes it common in official notices, reports, and headlines where conciseness is required. In contrast, the longer passive construction with zostać, such as zostało wykonane, explicitly marks the passive voice and is more common in prose.

Usage examples: Zadanie wykonano w terminie. (The task was completed on time.) Prace wykonano zgodnie z umową. (The works were carried out in accordance with the contract.) Zlecenie wykonano. (The order has been carried out.) These uses illustrate how wyko­nano conveys completion without naming who did the work.

Variants and related forms: Imperfective counterparts include wykonywano (past imperfective) and wykonywać (to perform, imperfective). The perfective form wykonać yields other moods and tenses, while także forms with zostać remain common for explicit passive constructions. In practice, wykonać/wykonano tends to appear in concise, formal contexts such as notices, summaries, and headlines.

See also: Polish verb aspects, passive voice, past tense in Polish, perfective verbs.