"podziewałeś". can you explain this for me please?

i asked my friend where have you been, which i used " gdzie byłeś". then i came across the word, "podziewałeś". can you explain this for me please.

thanks

chaza

" gdzie się podziewałeś" you use when you haven't seen/haven't heard about your friend for years; or alternatively, when you want to show irritation, like when he was supposed just to fetch the screwdriver, but have gone for hours.

thanks for that, so. if i said
where is poland, i would say " gdzie jest polska".
where have you been all this time, podziewałeś wszystkie czas

is that right

chaza

gdzie jest Polska = right
podziewales wszystkie czas = gibberish

where have you been all this time = literally "Gdzie sie podziewales przez caly ten czas?", a little of an overstatement, saying simply "Gdzie sie podziewales?" would suffice. "Gdzie byles przez caly ten czas" would be also correct.