zavřít
/[ˈzavr̝iːt]/
Czechverb
Definitions
- 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.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
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaverti (“to close, enclose”), from *za- + *verti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *werH-.
Forms
- zavíratimperfective
- zavřítinfinitive
- zavřítiinfinitive
- -noun-from-verb
- zavřufirst-person • indicative • singular
- zavřemefirst-person • indicative • plural
- -first-person • imperative • singular
- zavřemefirst-person • imperative • plural
- zavřešindicative • second-person • singular
- zavřeteindicative • plural • second-person
- zavřiimperative • second-person • singular
- zavřeteimperative • plural • second-person
- zavřeindicative • singular • third-person
- zavřouindicative • plural • third-person
- -imperative • singular • third-person
- -imperative • plural • third-person
- -masculine • present • singular
- zavřevmasculine • past • singular
- -feminine • neuter • present • singular
- zavřevšifeminine • neuter • past • singular
- -plural • present
- zavřevšepast • plural
- The verb zavřít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
Conjugation
Infinitive:zavřít, zavříti
| I | zavřu |
| we | zavřeme |
| you (sg) | zavřeš |
| you (pl) | zavřete |
| he/she/it | zavře |
| they | zavřou |
I
zavřu
we
zavřeme
you (sg)
zavřeš
you (pl)
zavřete
he/she/it
zavře
they
zavřou