zavřít

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaverti (“to close, enclose”), from *za- + *verti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *werH-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzavr̝iːt]
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Verb

zavřít pf (imperfective zavírat)

  1. to close, to shut
    Zavřel za sebou dveře. ― He shut the door behind him.
  2. to lock in (somebody)
    zavřít koho do vězení ― to put someone in prison
    Zavřela kluka do tmavé komory. ― She locked the boy in a dark room.
  3. (reflexive with se) to close up, to shut, to fold up
    Zmizeli, jako kdyby se nad nimi zavřela voda. ― They disappeared as though the earth had swallowed them up (literally, “... as though water had closed over them”).

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive zavřít, zavříti Active adjective zavřevší
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person zavřuzavřeme—zavřeme
2nd person zavřešzavřetezavřizavřete
3rd person zavřezavřou——
The verb zavřít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate zavřelzavřelizavřenzavřeni
masculine inanimate zavřelyzavřeny
feminine zavřelazavřena
neuter zavřelozavřelazavřenozavřena
Transgressives present past
masculine singular —zavřev
feminine + neuter singular —zavřevši
plural —zavřevše

Antonyms

Further reading
  • zavříti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zavříti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • zavřít in Internetová jazyková příručka
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