Czech–English dictionary

zkřivit se

(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

zkřížení

A bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

zkrotit

(transitive, of a horse) To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.

zkroucený

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

zkroušený

Sad and dispirited.

zkroutit

(transitive) To twist in a violent manner.

zkroutit se

(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

zkrvavený

Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.

zkrvavit

(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

zkušební

Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.

zkušební doba

A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.

zkušenost

(countable) An activity one has performed.

zkušenostní

Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.

zkušený

Having experience and skill in a subject.

zkusit

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

zkvašený

Of food or drink, turned sour due to unwanted fermentation.

zkysaný

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

zkyslý

Tasting or smelling rancid.

zlá předtucha

A sense of evil to come.

žlab

An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.

žlábek

A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.

žlábkovaný

Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.

zlacení

(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.

zlatá

☉ (alchemy)

zlatá rybka

A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

zlatá žíla

(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.

zlaťák

☉ (alchemy)

zlatíčko

A term of affection.

zlatit

(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.

zlatnice

A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.

zlatník

A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.

zlato

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

zlatokop

A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.

zlatokopka

(figuratively, pejorative) A person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain wealth.

zlatovláska

A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.

zlatý

Made of gold.

žlázový

(medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands.

žleb

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

zledovatělý

Covered with ice, wholly or partially.

zlehčování

A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.

zlehčující

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

zlepšení

The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.

zlepšit

(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

zlepšovat

(transitive) To make better; improve.

zlo

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

zloba

(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

zlobivý

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child). [from 17th c.]

zlobr

(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.

zločin

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

zločinec

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

zločinka

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

zločinnost

(uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.

zločinný

Against the law; forbidden by law.

zloděj

(UK, Irish, archaic, thieves) A petty thief or pickpocket.

zlodějka

One who carries out a theft.

zloduch

A very evil person.

zlom

(geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

zlomek

A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.

zlomit

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

zlomit si

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

zlomyslnost

Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

zlomyslný

(informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.

zlořečit

(ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.

zlost

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

zlostně

In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

zlostný

Displaying or feeling anger.

zlosyn

A deliberate scoundrel.

zlotý

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

žloutek

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

žloutenka

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

žloutnout

(intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.

zlověstný

Not auspicious; ill-omened

zlovolný

Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.

zlovůle

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

zlozvyk

Bad or immoral behaviour.

žluč

A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.

žluklý

(of oily or fatty food) Rank in taste or smell.

žlutá

(British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.

žlutá skvrna

(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.

žlutavý

Somewhat yellow in colour.

žlutohnědá

A light brown to brownish orange colour.

žlutohnědý

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

žlutý

The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

zlý

(chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.

zlý duch

A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.

zmáčet

To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.

zmačkat

(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

zmačkat se

(intransitive) To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.

zmáčknout

(transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.

zmáhat

To cause to surround, to cover.

zmanipulovat

(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.

zmar

The act of destroying.

zmařit

(transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.

zmást

(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).

zmatek

(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

zmaten

(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

zmatení

The state of being bewildered.

zmatený

chaotic, jumbled or muddled

změknout

(dated, intransitive, of substance) To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield, for example by dissolving or melting

změna

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.

změnit

(ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.

změnit kurs

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

změnit směr

(intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.

změnit trasu

(transitive) To change the route taken by something.

zmenšení

A lessening, decrease or reduction.

zmenšený

(music) reduced by a semitone

zmenšit

(transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.

zmenšit se

(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).

zmenšovat

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

změřit

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

změť

A mixture of often unrelated things.

zmetek

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, often, disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.

zmije

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

zmínit

To make a short reference to something.

zmínka

A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.

zmírnění trestu

(legal) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.

zmírnit

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

zmírnit se

(intransitive) To slacken; to abate.

zmírňující

(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

zmítat se

To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

zmizení

The action of disappearing or vanishing.

zmizet

(intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

zmizík

(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.

zmlátit

(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

zmocněnec

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

zmocnění

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

zmocněnkyně

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

zmocnit

(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.

zmocnitel

(law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.

žmolkovat se

(intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.

žmolkovitý

Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.

žmoulat

(often with "on") To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.

zmrtvýchvstání

The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.

zmrzačení

(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.

zmrzačit

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

zmrzlina

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

zmrzlinový pohár

(originally, US) A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.

zmrzlý

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

zmrznout

(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

zmuchlat

(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

značení

(uncountable) Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively.

značka

Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.

značkování

(computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.

značně

Significantly; to a degree worth considering.

značný

Significant; worth considering.

znak

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.

znalec

(often, in plural) Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field.

znalkyně

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

znalost

The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]

znalý

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient