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Meaning of 'Podtopione' please

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May 25, 10, 13:46 #1

Podtopione - I see this word used a lot in weather reports. Today there is a headline from http://www.twojapogoda.pl/ - Podtopione osiedle Kozanów we Wrocławiu - Powódź w Polsce relacja na żywo. I have been unable to find the meaning of this word, but from context I guess it is something like undercut or land slippage, but not as bad as a landslide. Please could a kind Polish person explain the meaning of Podtopione and give an accurate translation in English. Also please give any derivatives of Podtopione if they exist, especially the verbs. Many thanks in advance - czarnykot

astonThreads: 1 Posts: 12 Joined: Oct 3, 08 ♀	Edited by: aston May 25, 10, 13:52 #2
When you drown (utopić) something it's drown and probably dead. "Podtopione" suggests that there was kind of attempt to drown something but it will "be alive" probably. It's not a complete process. The difference is probably similar to to be asphyxiated /strangled - to choke. Podtopione - it's podtopione podtopić - to podtopić

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Edited by: frd May 25, 10, 14:00 #3
1) podtopienie - local terrain floodings after heavy showers, overfilling of surface retention, flow of water through the ground surface or percolation of embankments. 2) podtopienie - might also mean partial drowning or foced drowning.

zetigrekThreads: 59 Posts: 2,709 Joined: May 20, 10 ♂	May 25, 10, 14:24 #4
just slightly flooded.

weldor	Oct 19, 10, 20:47 #5
podtopienie: nazwa niezgodności spawalniczej, kiedy bruzda nie jest zupełnie wypełniona wzdłuż brzegu ściegu spawalniczego, nie nastąpił przetop materiału undercutting is a defect that appears as a groove in the parent metal directly along the edges of the weld. It is most common in lap fillet welds, but can also be encountered in fillet and buttjoints.

AdamKadmonThreads: 38 Posts: 1,120 Joined: Apr 23, 10 ♂	Oct 19, 10, 20:56 #6
weldor: undercutting is a defect that appears as a groove in the parent metal directly along the edges of the weld. It is most common in lap fillet welds, but can also be encountered in fillet and buttjoints. No. You are wrong. In the context provided the only correct translation of 'podtopione' is flooded, that is covered with water but only slightly.

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Dec 4, 10, 23:41 #7
How about 'swamped'? A little less watery than 'flooded', innit?

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