Czech–English dictionary

žvásty

(slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

zvát

(ambitransitive) To seem attractive and inviting.

žvatlat

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

zvážit

(idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.

zvažovat

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

zvedající žaludek

Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.

zvedák

A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]

zvedat

To lift or lift up (something, especially a heavy object).

zvedat se

(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

zvědavě

In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.

zvědavost

(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]

zvědavý

In eager desire, eager, astir.

zvednout

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

zvednout náladu

(transitive) To make joyful or proud.

zvednutí

(countable) An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

zveličený

That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

zvenku

To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.

zvěř

(uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.

zvěřina

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

zvěrokruh

(astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region.

zvěrolékař

A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.

zvěrolékařský

Of or relating to the medical or surgical treatment of non-human animals, especially domestic and farm animals.

zvěrstvo

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

zvěst

(countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

zvěst z doslechu

Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.

zvěstovat

(transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.

zvěstovatel

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

zvětrat

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

zvětrávat

To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.

zvětšení

An act or instance of making something larger.

zvětšenina

An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.

zvětšit

(transitive) To make (something) larger.

zvětšování

An act or instance of making something larger.

zvětšovat

(transitive) To make (something) larger.

zvíře

(often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.

zvířecí

Of or relating to animals.

zvířena

(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]

zvířetník

(astronomy) The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year.

zvířit

(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

zvítězit

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

zvládat

(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).

zvládnout

(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).

zvládnutelný

Capable of being managed or controlled.

zvláštně

Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.

zvláštní

Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.

zvlhnout

(intransitive) To become moist or moister.

zvlněný

(of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves.

zvolání

A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

zvolat

(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

zvolit

(transitive) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

zvolit si

To decide to act in a certain way.

zvon

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

zvonec

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

zvoneček

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

zvonek

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

zvonění

A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.

Zvonilka

Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.

zvonit

(intransitive) To sound with a peal or peals.

zvonkohra

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.

zvonohlík

Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.

zvorat

(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

zvracet

(intransitive, informal) To vomit.

zvratky

(colloquial, uncountable) vomit.

zvratný

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

zvředovatění

The development of an ulcer.

zvrhlý

Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.

zvrtnout si

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

zvrtnutí

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

zvukomalba

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

zvukomalebné slovo

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

zvukový

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.

zvýhodňovat

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

zvyk

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

žvýkat

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

zvyklý

(idiomatic, with noun phrase) Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.

zvýrazněný

(typography, of, _, typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

zvýraznit

(transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

zvýšení

A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.

zvýšit

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

zvyšovat se

(intransitive, sometimes, with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.

zygota

(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.]

zženštilý

(of a, man) Ostentatiously effeminate.

осhromit

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.