zatvoriť
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From za- + tvoriť modelled after the verb otvoriť (“to open”), which was reanalysed as *o-tvoriti as opposed to the original *otъ- + *voriti, inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъvoriti. See also pritvoriť (“to close not fully”), roztvoriť (“to open, to spread out”), vytvoriť (“to expel < to leave someone outside”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zatvoriť pf (imperfective zatvárať)
- (transitive) to close, to shut (to place an obstructing object in a position that prevents access, entry)
- (transitive) to close, to shut (to engage a locking, latching etc. mechanism to prevent access)
- Antonym: otvoriť
- Zatvoriť skriňu ― to close a wardrobe
- (transitive) to close, to shut, to turn off (to rotate to a position preventing access)
- (transitive) to close, to cover, to cork (to put on a cap or a lid to seal the contents)
- Antonym: otvoriť
- Zatvoriť fľašu ― to close a bottle
- (transitive) to close, to shut (to close, fold something unfolded, separated)
- Antonyms: otvoriť, roztvoriť, roztiahnuť, rozovrieť
- Zatvoriť ústa ― to close one's mouth
- Zatvoriť knihu ― to close a book
- (transitive) to close, to close down (to make something inaccessible)
- Synonym: zneprístupniť
- Antonyms: otvoriť, sprístupniť
- Zatvoriť hranice ― to close the border
- (transitive) to close (to put something in a concealed area)
- (transitive) to close, to close down (to stop service temporarily or permanently)
- Synonyms: uzatvoriť, uzavrieť, zrušiť (permanently), zlikvidovať (permanently)
- Antonym: otvoriť
- Zatvoriť obchod ― to close (down) a shop
- (transitive) to close, to close down (to prohibit an institution from functioning)
- (transitive) to lock up, to put away (to confine someone to prison, an asylum, etc.)
- (transitive) to close (to stop a software, to hide the contents of a file, a page)
- (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to close, to shut (to get (even spontaneously) into a position preventing access)
- (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to close, to fold (of something unfolded, separated, even spontaneously)
- (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to shut, to close off, to withdraw (to avoid people in an isolated area) [with pred (+ instrumental) ‘from’]
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of zatvoriť (perfective; class V, pattern robiť)
Conjugation of zatvoriť sa (perfective; class V, pattern robiť)
Further reading
[edit]- “zatvoriť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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