zaskoczyli
Zaskoczyli is the third-person masculine plural past tense form of the Polish verb zaskoczyć, meaning to surprise or to catch off guard. It is used to describe a completed action in which a group of people (usually masculine or mixed gender) caused surprise for someone or something.
Etymology and aspect: zaskoczyć is a perfective verb formed with the prefix z- added to skoczyć (to
Grammatical notes and usage: zaskoczyli marks masculine personal past tense for a plural subject. The feminine
Related forms: zaskoczyć has present/future forms in the standard Polish system (the future of a perfective
See also: zaskoczenie, zaskoczyć (to surprise), skoczyć (to jump).