dostat

See also: dostať

Czech

From do- +‎ stát.

dostat pf (imperfective dostávat)

to get (to receive)
K dvacátým narozeninám dostal motorku, ale k následujícím narozeninám nedostal nic.
For his twentieth birthday, he got a motorcycle, but for the following birthday, he received nothing.
(reflexive with se) to get somewhere
Nemohl se dostat dovnitř, dokud mu zevnitř neotevřel přítel, který se dovnitř dostal tajným vchodem.
He couldn't get in until his friend, who got in through the secret entrance, opened from inside.

To pomohlo jí dostat se z toho místa.
That helped her get out of this place.

Myslím že jsem se konečně dostala do mého kreativního podvědomí.
I think I finally broke through to my creative unconscious.

Byl mladý když se dostal k moci.
He was a young man when he rose to power.

Conjugation of dostat

infinitive	dostat, dostati	active adjective	dostavší
verbal noun	—	passive adjective	—

The verb dostat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.