chwi|ać

chwi|ać
impf (chwieję, chwiejesz, chwiali) vt to shake (czymś sth) [drzewami, stołem]; to rock (czymś sth) [łodzią]
- wiatr chwiał masztem the wind caused the mast to sway
chwiać się 1. (kołysać się) [stół, szafka, stos książek] to wobble; [konstrukcja, rusztowanie] to be rickety; [łódź] to rock; [ząb] to be loose; [płomień] to flicker, to waver
- chwiać się na wietrze to sway in the wind
- chwiać się na nogach to be unsteady on one’s legs, to be shaky on one’s feet
- chwieje mi się ząb I’ve got a loose tooth
- drabina trochę się chwieje the ladder’s a bit unstable
2. przen. (słabnąć) [rząd, reżim] to be unstable, to totter; [imperium] to (be on the) wane, to decline; [waluta] to fluctuate
- jego pozycja chwiała się his position was under threat
3. przen. (wahać się) to waver; to vacillate książk.
- chwiać się w swych postanowieniach/w swej wierze to waver in one’s determination/belief

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary. 2003.

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