Czech–English dictionary

zařízení

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

zařízený

supplied with furniture

žárlivost

(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.

zarmoutit

(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.

zármutek

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

zárodek

In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

zároveň

Overlapping or coinciding in duration.

zarovnání

An arrangement of items in a line.

zarovnat

(transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.

zarputilý

Unyielding and obstinate.

zaručit

To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).

záruka

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

žáruvzdorný

Not affected by great heat.

zásada

(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.

zasadit

(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

zásaditost

(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.

zásaditý

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

zásadní

Very important; of high importance.

zásadovost

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

zásah

A collision of a projectile with the target.

zasáhnout

(ambitransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.

zasahovat

(intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.

zašantročit

(transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.

zase

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]

zasedání

A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.

zasedat

To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.

zašeptat

(intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. [from 14th c.]

záševek

(sewing) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.

zašifrování

(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

zašifrovat

To convert plain text into cipher.

zásilka

A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.

zašklebit se

(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.

zasklít

(transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.

zaskočit

(transitive) To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.

záškoláctví

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

záškolák

(specifically) A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative) , a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.

zaškrcovadlo

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

záškrt

(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

zaškrtávací pole

(graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.

zaškrtnout

(transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).

zašlapat

(intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.

zasloužený

Appropriate.

zásluha

(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.

zasluhující si

Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

zasmečovat

(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.

zasmušilý

Expressing gloom or melancholy.

zašněrovat

(ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.

zasnoubený

One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.

žasnout

(intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

zásoba

A hidden supply or fund.

zásobit

To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

zásobit se

To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

zásobník

A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

zašpičatělý

(informal) Pointed in shape; having a point or points.

zašpinit

(transitive) To make (something) dirty.

zášť

(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

zastánce

One who supports something; an advocate.

zastaralý

No longer fashionable.

zástava

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

zastavárna

The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

zastavárník

A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.

zastavení

(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.

zastavit

(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.

zastavit se

(intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.

zastávka

A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.

zástěra

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

zástěrka

A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.

záštiplný

Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

záštita

(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

zastrašit

(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

zastrašování

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.

zastrašovat

(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

zástrčka

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

zastřelit

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

zastřihnout

(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

zástup

A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.

zástupce

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

zástupkyně

One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.]

zástupný

Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.

zásuvka

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

zasvěcenec

One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

zasvěcený

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

zasvětit

(transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

zasvištět

To make a rustling sound while moving.

zasyčení

(countable) The sound of water boiling on a hot surface.

zasycený

(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

zasyčet

(intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.

zasypat

(figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

zatáčet

(intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.

zatáčka

A change of direction or orientation.

zátah

(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.

zatáhnout

(figurative) To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself; to summon up; also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself.

zatahovat

(figurative) To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself; to summon up; also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself.

zatajit

(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.

zatajování

The practice of keeping secrets.

zatarasit

To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.

zatčení

(legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

zatelefonovat

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

zátěž

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

zatímco

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

zatížení

A heavy load.

zátka

(obsolete, slang) A sharper or pickpocket.

zatknout

(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

zatlouct latěmi

To furnish (something) with battens (noun sense 1).

zatmění

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

zatočit

(intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.

zátoka

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.

zatopit

(transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.

zatracený

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier.

zatrápený

(colloquial, euphemistic) A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

zatratit

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

zatřídit

(transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.

zatrolený

(colloquial, euphemistic) A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

zatroubit

(intransitive, transitive) To produce a beep sound.

zatrpklý

Cynical and resentful.

zatřpytit se

(transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.

zatuchlý

Stale-smelling or stuffy.

zatuhlý

(computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.

zatvrdit se

(ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.

zatvrzelý

(obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.

zátylek

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

zaujatost

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

zaujatý

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

zaujatý (čím)

Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. [from 19th c.]

zaujetí

The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.

zaujmout

To take on a position, duty or form

zaútočit

(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

zauzlení

(surgery, dated) A strangulation, as in a hernia.

zauzlovat

(transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.

závada

A fault or malfunction.

zavaděč

(computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.

zavádět

(transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.

zaváhání

A faltering in speech; stammering.

zaváhat

(ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

zavalit

To engulf, surge over and submerge.

zavalitý

Short and thick; stout or stocky.

závan

A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.

zavánějící

(figurative) Suggestive or reminiscent.

zavánět

(intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.

zavařování

The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).

zavazadlový prostor

(North America, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

zavázat

(ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.

zavázat se

To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.

závaží

An object used to make something heavier.

závažnost

The state of being severe.

závazný

(of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.

závažný trestný čin

(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

závěj

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.

závěr

(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c.]

závěrka

(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.