Attempts to describe personality types, character traits, and temperaments have always amused people. Even though human personality has defied all attempts to categorize it into a few types, so many attempts have been made to do so. It was the Greeks who first attempted a description of human personality and character. They categorized human personality under the scope of the four temperaments – sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic and melancholic.

Today language has a variety of words for describing people, their personality, character and temperament. These words can be categorized into words that describe a person’s general behavior and outlook, attitude towards others, attitude towards money and property, and his/her view of life.

Here is a list of some Polish words describing someone’s character:

accurate – dokładny
aggressive – agresywny
ambitious – ambitny
bore – nudziarz
boring – nudny
carefree – beztroski
character – charakter
cheeky – bezczelny
clever – zdolny
conceited – zarozumiały
courageous – odważny
coward – tchórz
cowardly – tchórzliwy
cruel – okrutny
dishonest – nieuczciwy
faithful – wierny
feature – cecha
friendly – przyjazny
full of energy – energiczny
generous – wielkoduszny
genuine – szczery
honest – uczciwy
incurable optimist – niepoprawny optymista
intellectual – intelektualista
introvert – introwertyk
lazy – leniwy
lazybones – leń
liar – kłamca
mean – skąpy
modest – skromny
nervous – nerwowy
nice – miły
non-stop talker – gaduła
nosy – wścibski
optimist – optymista
patient – cierpliwy
personality – osobowość
pessimist – pesymista
pleasant – przyjemny
polite – uprzejmy; grzeczny
responsible – odpowiedzialny
shy – nieśmiały
sociable – towarzyski
strange – dziwny
stubborn – uparty
stupid – głupi
tactful – taktowny
tidy – porządny
tolerant – tolerancyjny
truthful – prawdomówny
warm-hearted – serdeczny