Czech–English dictionary

ucelený

Orderly, logical and consistent.

účelný

Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.

účelový

(grammar) Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose. [from 20th c.]

učeň

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

učenec

A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

učení

(countable, and, uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.

učený

Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

účes

A hairdo.

učesat

(transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

účet

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

účetnictví

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

uchazeč

One who seeks.

uchichtnout se

To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.

uchlácholit

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

uchopení

(sometimes, figurative) Grip.

uchopit

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.

uchovat

To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

uchovávat

To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

uchvácen

(comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

uchvácený

(comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

uchvacovat

To overpower emotionally.

uchvátit

To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.

uchvatitel

One who usurps.

úchvatný

stunningly beautiful; amazing

úchylný

Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

úchyt

A signal for mounting a horse.

účinek

(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.

učinit prohlášení

(ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.

účinně

In an efficient manner.

účinnost

A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.

účinný

Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.

učit

To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

učit se

To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

učitel

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

učitelka

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

učnice

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

ucpaný

Having an obstructed flow; blocked.

ucpat

To block or slow passage through (often with 'up).

úcta

Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.

účtenka

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

uctívání

The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.

uctívat

To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.

uctivý

(archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient.

úctyhodný

Honorable.

ucuknout

(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.

ucuknutí

A reflexive jerking away.

ucvaknout

To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

úd

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

údaj

Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.

údajně

According to someone's allegation.

údajný

Supposed but doubtful.

událost

(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

udát se

(intransitive) To happen or take place.

udát se současně

To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.

udatnost

Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness

udavač

An informer.

udavačka

A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.

udávat

(intransitive, obsolete) To inform on someone; turn informer.

úděl

The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

udělat

(intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

udělat botu

(US) To make a mistake.

udělat kotrmelec

To perform a somersault.

udělat naschvál

(transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.

udělat neplatným

(transitive) To nullify

udělat radost

(transitive) To make joyful or proud.

udělat salto

To perform a somersault.

udělat sámky

To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.

udělat si výron

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

udělat výpad

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

udělátko

A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.

udělátor

A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.

udělit

To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.

úder

An instance of the act of striking or hitting.

udeřit

(informal) To strike heavily.

úděsný

Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement. [from 1590–1600.]

udidlo

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

udit

(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.

údiv

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

udivený

In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.

udivit

To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. [from 16th c.]

udivující

(British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

udobření

Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

údolí

(mainly, Britain, slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

udřený

Expressive of fatigue.

údržba

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

údržbář

(US, Canada) A janitor; a cleaner.

údržbářský

Of or pertaining to a janitor.

udržitelný

Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.

udržování

Charge or care.

udržování míru

The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]

udržovat

(transitive) To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.

udusat

To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes

udusit

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

udusit se

(intransitive) To die of suffocation.

uf

Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.

UFO

Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. [from 20th c.]

ufoun

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

Uganda

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

ugrilovat

(transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

uhádnout

To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

uhánět

(intransitive, chiefly, US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly. [from at least early 20th c.]

uhasit

(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

uhel

(countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.

úhel pohledu

A position from which something is perceived; outlook; standpoint.

úhelník

An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

uhelný

(British) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

uhelný dehet

A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.

uher

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

uhladit

(transitive) To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.

uhlák

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

úhlavní nepřítel

A principal enemy.

uhlazený

Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

úhledný

Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.

uhlí

A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.

uhličitan

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

uhlík

A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.

uhlopříčka

(geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.

úhlová vteřina

A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.

úhlový

Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.

uhnout

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

uhodit

(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.

úhoř

Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

uhradit

To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).

uhrančivý

Enchanting.

uhranout

(transitive) To cast a spell upon.

uhranutý

Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell; captivated.

úhrn

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

Uhry

A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.

ujetej

(informal, sometimes, affectionate) A very sexually perverse individual.

ujišťovat

(ambitransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.

ukamenovat

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

úkaz

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

ukázat

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

ukázat pravou tvář

(transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.

ukázka

(countable) A demonstration.

ukázněný

Possessing mental discipline.

ukazováček

(human, _, anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.

ukazovák

(human, _, anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.

ukazovat

(transitive) To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

ukazovatel

(figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.

ukládání

The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.

úklep

An accidental mistake in print.

uklidit

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

uklidněný

Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.

uklidnit

(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

uklidnit se

To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

uklidňovat

(transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.

uklidňující

Tending to soothe.

uklízeč

A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

uklízečka

A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.