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The wrong fuel went into the tank: what to say in Polish
You have filled up with the wrong fuel.
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How it's done. Benzyna is petrol (95 or 98), olej napędowy or diesel is diesel, LPG is gas; if you filled the wrong fuel don't start the engine and call help.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Pomocy! Zatankowałem diesla do benzyny. Co mam zrobić?
Poh-MOH-tsih! Zuh-tahn-koh-VAH-vem DEEZ-lyuh doh bayn-ZIH-nih. Tsoh mahm ZROH-beetsy?
Help! I put diesel into a petrol car. What do I do?
Or say:Przepraszam, zatankowałem złe paliwo. Czy ktoś może mi pomóc?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, zuh-tahn-koh-VAH-vem zveh puh-LEE-voh. Chih ktosy MOH-zheh mee POH-moots?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Proszę nie uruchamiać silnika! Zadzwonię po pomoc drogową.PROH-sheh nyeh oo-roo-KHAH-myuhtsy seel-NEE-kuh! Zuhdz-VOH-nyeh poh POH-mots droh-GOH-vom.
Please don't start the engine! I'll phone for roadside assistance.
They might also say:
Absolutnie niech pan nie zapala silnika. Wezwiemy lawetę.
Uhp-soh-LOOT-nyeh nyehkh pahn nyeh zuh-PAH-luh seel-NEE-kuh. Vez-VYEH-mih luh-VEH-teh.
Absolutely don't start the engine. We'll call a tow truck.
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YOU FINISH
Tak, jeszcze nie uruchamiałem. Jak długo to potrwa?
Tahk, YEHSH-cheh nyeh oo-roo-khuh-MYAH-vem. Yahk DVOO-goh toh POTR-vuh?
Yes, I haven't started it yet. How long will it take?
THEY SAY
Około pół godziny. Proszę poczekać.Oh-KOH-voh poov god-ZEE-nih. PROH-sheh poh-CHEH-kuhtsy.
About half an hour. Please wait.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Pomocy
Poh-MOH-tsih
noun
help (genitive)
Zatankowałem
Zuh-tahn-koh-VAH-vem
verb
I filled up
diesla
DEEZ-lyuh
noun
diesel (accusative)
benzyny
bayn-ZIH-nih
noun
petrol (genitive)
mam
mahm
verb
I have
zrobić
ZROH-beetsy
verb
to do, to make
21 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Proszę powtórzyć.
PROH-sheh pof-TOO-zhitsy.
Please repeat that.
Proszę mówić wolniej.
PROH-sheh MOO-veetsy VOL-nyay.
Please speak more slowly.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
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