otočit

Czech

Etymology

From o- +‎ točit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈotot͡ʃɪt]

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Verb

otočit pf (imperfective otáčet)

1. to rotate, to spin around
2. to turn

   otočit klíčem ― to turn the key

3. (reflexive with se) to turn around, to make a turn, to come full circle

   otočit se k tobě zády ― to turn one's back on you

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	otočit, otočiti	Active adjective	otočivší
Verbal noun	otočení	Passive adjective	otočený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	otočím	otočíme	—	otočme
2nd person	otočíš	otočíte	otoč	otočte
3rd person	otočí	otočí	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	otočil	otočili	otočen	otočeni
masculine inanimate		otočily		otočeny
feminine	otočila		otočena
neuter	otočilo	otočila	otočeno	otočena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	otočiv
feminine + neuter singular	—	otočivši
plural	—	otočivše

Derived terms

• otočení
• otočný

Further reading

• “otočiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “otočiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “otočit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025