Czech–English dictionary

vyprávění

The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.

vyprávět

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

výpravný

Of or relating to an epic.

vypravovat

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

vyprázdnění

The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.

vyprázdnit

(transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.

vyprchávat

(intransitive, originally, US) Chiefly followed by out: originally (mining) , of a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally) , to diminish to nothing; to dwindle, to trail off.

vyprdnout se

To fail to fulfill an obligation.

výprodej

Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).

vyprovokovat

To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

vypudit

(transitive) To eject.

vypuklý

Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.

výpust

A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

vypustit

(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.

výpustka

(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.

vyrábět

(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

vyrabovat

To participate in a foray.

výraz

Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.

výraz tváře

(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.

vyrážet

To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

vyrážet za zábavou

(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

vyrazit

To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.

výrazivo

The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech.

vyrážka

(dermatology, symptom) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare, or, obsolete) , an illness characterized by a type of rash.

výrazně

In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously.

výrazný

Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.

výrazové prostředky

A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.

vyřčení

An act of, or the process of, uttering.

výřečnost

The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

výřečný

Fluently persuasive and articulate.

vyřešit

(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

vyřezat

(transitive, or, intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.

vyřezávaný

Of an object, made by carving.

vyřídit

(slang) To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.

vyřítit se

To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

vyříznout

To cut out; to remove.

vyřknout

Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.

výroba

The act of being produced.

výrobce

A person or company that manufactures.

výrobek

(mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.

vyrobit

(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.

výrobkyně

A person or company that manufactures.

výročí

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

výroční

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

výrok

A declaration or remark.

výron

(medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.

výrostek

A person between thirteen and nineteen years old.

vyrovnanost

Calmness of mind or temperament.

vyrovnaný

Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.

vyrovnat

(transitive, obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.

vyrovnávací paměť

(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.

vyrušení

An interruption of that which is normal or regular.

vyrušit

(transitive) To offset or equalize something.

vyrůst

(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.

vyrvat

(transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.

vyřvávat

(archaic, except, Britain, dialectal) To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.

vyrýt

(intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

výsada

A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.

výsadkář

Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.

vysát

(transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

vyschnout

(intransitive) To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned.

výše uvedený

Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

výše zmíněný

Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

vysedět

(transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

vysednout

Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.

vysekat

(transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

vyšetření

Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.

vyšetřit

To check the health or condition of something or someone.

vyšetřování

(legal, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

vyšetřovat

To check the health or condition of something or someone.

vyšetřovatel

One who investigates.

vyšetřovatelka

One who investigates.

vysílací čas

The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.

vysílání

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

vysílat

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

vysilující

Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.

vyšívat

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

výšivka

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

výška

(geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.

výskat

(intransitive) To make a whoop.

výskok

A playful leap or jump.

výškoměr

An apparatus for measuring altitude.

vyškrábat se

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

výškrabek

(informal, often, in combination) A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time.

výskyt

An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.

vyskytnout

(intransitive) To present or offer itself.

vyslanec

A representative.

vyslat

(transitive) To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.

výslech

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

výsledek

(chiefly, sport) The scoreline; the result.

výsledný

Following as a result or consequence of something; resulting.

vyslovit názor

(intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).

výslovně

In an explicit manner.

výslovnost

(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

výslovný

Very specific, clear, or detailed. [from 1609]

vyslovovat

(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

výslužba

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]

vyslýchat

(transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

výsměch

Act of treating with disdain.

výsměšný

Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

vysmívat se

(transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.

vysnít si

(transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).

vysočina

A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.

vysoká škola

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

vysoké učení

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

vysokoúrovňový

(computing, of a programming language) Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.

vysokozdvižný vozík

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

vysoký

High, tall, having great height or stature.

vysomrovat

(transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

výsost

The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank.

vyspárovat

(transitive) To insert mortar between tiles.

vyspělý

At or close to the state of the art. (Can we add an example for this sense? )

vyšplhat

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

vyšplíchnout

(transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.

vyspravit

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

vyšrafovat

To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

vyšší

Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.

vyšší moc

(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

vystát

(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.

výstava

A public showing; an exhibition.

výstavba

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

vystavení

(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.

vystavit

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

vystavit vlivům počasí

To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.

výstavní

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

vystavovat na odiv

(transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.

vystěhovalec

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

vystěhovalectví

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

vystěhovalkyně

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

vystěhování

The act of evicting.

výstelka

(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.

výstižný

Concise and meaningful.

vystopovat

(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.

vystoupat

(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

vystoupení

Originally (music) , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.

vystoupit

Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.

výstraha

An alarm.

vystrašený

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

vystrašit

(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

výstřední

(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).

výstřednost

An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.

výstřel

(firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.

vystřelit

(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

vystřelovací nůž

A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

vystřelovák

A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

vystříhat se

(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

vystříknout

(transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

vystřízlivění

Freeing from false belief or illusions.

výstroj

(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.

vystrojit

(transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.