wysiada

Wysiada is a Polish verb form meaning to disembark or to get off from a vehicle. It is the third-person singular present tense of the imperfective verb wysiadać; the infinitive is wysiadać and the corresponding perfective form is wysiąć. The action refers to leaving a vehicle such as a bus, tram, train, car, or boat, and it is used in everyday speech as well as in transportation communication.

The typical construction is wysiadać z czegoś (to disembark from something) or wysiadać na przystanku (to disembark at a stop). Common usages include "Wysiada z autobusu" (He gets off the bus) and "Wysiadłem na stacji" (I got off at the station). The verb covers both literal exits from vehicles and, less commonly, figurative departures from situations, though the literal transport meaning is predominant.

Grammatical notes: wysiadać is imperfective, focusing on the process or repeated action, while its perfective counterpart wysiąć emphasizes the completion of the act. In past tense, forms such as wysiadł, wysiadła, or wysiadło appear, depending on gender and number. In present tense, forms include wysiadam, wysiadasz, wysiada, and so on.

Etymology: the verb is formed with the prefix wy- added to siadać (to sit) or a related root, conveying movement away from a vehicle or seat. It is closely paired with wsiadać (to board), which uses the opposite sense of entering a vehicle.

See also: wsiadać, wejść, podróż, transport.