Unexpected word in the bagging area: reklamówka - carrier bag
From duolingo, I learned that a bag is torba in Polish. However, I was stumped in a Polish shop when this was not the word used when I was offered a carrier bag. Torba is, perhaps, a more suitable word for a handbag kind of bag. For a carrier bag it's reklam ówka, jednorazówka or foliówka . Reklamówka may remind you of the word for advertising. I believe the word, reklamówka , came about because carrier bags advertised the name of the store, but even plain carrier bags can be called reklamówka . Jednorazówka comes from is disposable nature, its single, one-time use. Foliówka comes from the thin nature of the bag. Plastic film and metal foils are folie , folia singular, foliowy being the adjective. Siatka (maybe most common) Siateczka Zrywka Worek / worek foliowy Woreczek / woreczek foliowy Torba Torebka Tytka (used in Poznań) Epa / epka (used in katowice) Click here for a useful video on this subject