zapnout

Czech

Etymology

From za- +‎ pnout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzapnou̯t]

Verb

zapnout pf (imperfective zapínat)

1. (transitive) to switch on, to turn on, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into operation)

   Synonym: aktivovat

   Antonym: vypnout

   zapnout počítač ― to turn on the computer

   Tady dole si zapni ceské nebo anglické titulky. ― Switch on the Czech or English subtitles down here.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zapnout

infinitive zapnout, zapnouti active adjective zapnuvší , zapjavší verbal noun zapnetí passive adjective zapnutý, zapjatý present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person zapnu zapneme — zapněme 2nd person zapneš zapnete zapni zapněte 3rd person zapne zapnou — — The verb zapnout 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 zapnul, zapjal zapnuli, zapjali zapnut, zapjat zapnuti, zapjati masculine inanimate zapnuly, zapjaly zapnuty, zapjaty feminine zapnula, zapjala zapnuta, zapjata neuter zapnulo, zapjalo zapnula, zapjala zapnuto, zapjato zapnuta, zapjata transgressives present past masculine singular — zapnuv, zapjav feminine + neuter singular — zapnuvši, zapjavši plural — zapnuvše, zapjavše

Further reading

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