Czech–English dictionary

pověšený

Suspended by hanging.

pověsit

(transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

pověst

A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

pověsti

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

pověstný

Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.

povětroň

A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]

povídat

To be engaged in informal conversation.

povídavý

(informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.

povinnost

(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

povinný

Required; obligatory; mandatory.

povislý

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

povlak na polštář

A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.

povodeň

An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

povodí

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

povolání

A job or occupation.

povolat

(transitive, US) To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

povolení

(uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.

povolený

Explicitly allowed.

povolit

(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.

povolování

(countable) An act of authorizing.

povolovat

(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

povrch

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

povrchní

light-hearted; vivacious

povstalec

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

povstalecký

Rebellious, opposing authority.

povstání

rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

povyk

trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion

povýšenec

A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

povýšenecký

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

povýšení

An advancement in rank or position.

povýšený

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

povýšit

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

povýšit na královnu

(chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.

povyšovat

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

povzbudit

(transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast.

povzbuzení

The act of encouraging

povznášející

Improving the mood; causing cheerfulness.

povznášet

(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

povznést

(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

póza

Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).

požádání

A requirement.

požádat

To request.

požádat o ruku

(intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

požadavek

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

pozadí

(sometimes, euphemistic, sometimes, humorous) The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.

požadovat

To request forcefully.

požár

A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

požárnice

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

požárník

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

pozastavit

To halt something temporarily.

pozdě

Near the end of a period of time.

později

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

pozdější

Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

pozdní

Near the end of a period of time.

pozdrav

A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

pozdravit

(transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.

pozdvihnout

(transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.

pozdvižení

An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

požehnání

A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).

požehnaný

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

požehnat

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

požehovat

(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

pozemek

An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]

pozemský

Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven; terrestrial.

Pozemšťan

(chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

pozice

(by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess#Verb 2 and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.

požitek

Joy; pleasure.

pozitiv

(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

pozitivista

A believer in positivism.

pozitivně

(manner) In a positive manner.

pozitivní

Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.

poživatelný

Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]

poživatina

(chiefly, in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]

pozlacení

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

pozlacený

Golden coloured.

pozlatit

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

pozlátko

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

pozn.

Initialism of nota bene; used in written English to introduce something to be noted.

poznamenat

(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

poznámka

A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

poznámka pod čarou

A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.

poznat

(transitive) To experience.

poznávat

(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.

pozor

(military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

pozornost

(uncountable) Mental focus.

pozorný

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

pozorovat

(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).

pozorovatel

A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.

pozorovatelna

A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.

pozoruhodnost

A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.

pozoruhodný

Worthy of remark; notable; interesting.

pozoun

A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

pozůstatek

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.

pozvat

(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

pozvednout

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

př. n. l.

(chronology) Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era.

pra-

With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one generation

práce

An economic role for which a person is paid.

prach

(countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.

pracháč

(informal) A wealthy person.

prachovka

(countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.

prachy

(uncountable, slang) Money.

prací prostředek

Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.

pračka

Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.

pracný

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

pracovat

To shape, form, or improve a material.

pracoviště

The place where someone works.

pracovitost

The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance.

pracovna

A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

pracovní

A group of people working together on a task.

pracovní den

A day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day.

pracovní síla

All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.

pracovní síly

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

pracovní stanice

(computing) A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

pracovní stůl

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.

pracovní úkol

Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

pradávný

Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

prádélko

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

prádelna

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

prádelník

(US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.

přadeno

A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.

pradlena

A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

prádlo

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]

pragmatický

Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.

Praha

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

prahnoucí

Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

prahnout

To crave, want or desire.

prak

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

praktický

Involving active participation.

praktičnost

(uncountable) The state of being practical or feasible.

praktikant

Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.

praktikantka

Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.

praktikovat

(transitive) To perform or observe in an habitual fashion.

pramalý

Very little, very few.

pramen

A natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20 °C (68 °F).

pramenit z

To be caused or derived; to originate.

pramice

(nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

pramínek

An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

přání

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

pranice

(especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.

pranýř

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

praotec

A cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

prapodivný

(obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th–19th c.]

prapor

(internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.

praporek

The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.

prapůvodní

Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.

prarodič

The parent of someone's parent.

prasátko

(bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball. [from 17th c.]

prase

(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

prase bradavičnaté

(zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.