"Zostaw mnie w spokoju!"
Translation:Leave me in peace!
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And if I said, "zostaw mnie w pokoju," would that be more likely to be interpreted as, "leave me in the room," or "leave me in a country or region that's at peace," (rather than just in my own personal peace)?
in the room, but that sounds (to me) as if you were unable to move on your own, as if you had to be carried - being either a baby or... paralyzed?
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Or beyond morbidly obese... Unfortunately, I knew a guy like this. (Not dead, but we ceased to keep in touch)
I would argue that "leave me in peace" isn't even an interpretation, since it basically has the same meaning as"leave me alone".
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In that case it's an interpretation! Just the use of a different word. My question was whether peace was a better choice than alone.
Apart from the fact that "pokój" is also simply "a room", I'd say that "spokój" is when everything is calm and you can relax, while "pokój" in the meaning of "peace" is a more... political term, it's a time with no war.
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In American English usage I would not use " leave me in peace" or "leave me alone" as equivalent, which better reflects the Polish?
"Leave me in peace" is the literal translation. So I think it would be a better main answer - changed now.
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At least in terms of speaking about an idiom, i.e. using this expression as an idiom.
Otherwise, @va-diim is right, it could give the expression a distorted meaning, e.g. a political one, as if you spoke of yourself as a country currently threatened by another country or a militia.
Idiomatically, to be left in peace is more common than any political connotation.
