dostat

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See also: dostať

Czech

Etymology

From do- +‎ stát.

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Verb

dostat pf (imperfective dostávat)

  1. 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.
  2. (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 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.

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Further reading

  • dostati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dostati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dostat in Internetová jazyková příručka