počítať

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Slovak

Etymology

From po- +‎ čítať.

Pronunciation

Verb

počítať impf (perfective spočítať (“to count”) or vypočítať (“to calculate”) or započítať (to “include”))

  1. (transitive) to count (to determine the quantity or number of something)
    Synonyms: rátať, kalkukovať, (dated) počtovať
    Počítať peniazeto count money
  2. (intransitive) to calculate, to compute (to perform arithmetic operations)
    Synonyms: rátať, kalkulovať, (dated) počtovať
    Deti sa učia počítaťChildren are learning to calculate
  3. (transitive) to include (to consider someone or something as part of a group or total)
    Synonyms: zahrňovať, započítavať, započítavať
    Počítame vás medzi priateľov.We include you among friends.
  4. (transitive) to expect, to take into consideration (to consider or plan for something that is likely to happen)
    Synonyms: rátať, brať do úvahy
    Antonym: zanedbať
    Musíme počítať so všetkými okolnosťamiWe must consider all circumstances
  5. (transitive) to charge (to calculate the cost of something and ask someone to pay that amount)
    Synonyms: účtovať, žiadať
    Za meter látky počítajú desať eurThey charge ten euros per meter of fabric
  6. (transitive) to regard, to consider (to regard someone or something as being a particular type of person or thing)
    Synonyms: považovať, pokladať
    Počítali ho za cudzincaThey considered him a foreigner
  7. (transitive) to credit (to attribute something to someone, especially in terms of positive or negative merit)
    To sa mu počíta k dobruThis is credited to his merit
  8. (transitive, literary, rare) to number, to contain (to indicate the number of something, usually in numerical terms)
    Synonyms: zahŕňať, mať, obsahovať
    Dedinka počíta čosi okolo 50 čísel.The village numbers around 50 houses.
  9. (literary) Used in the phrase počítajúc do toho (to including)
  10. (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to consider (as), to count (as) (to regard as part of a group or among others of a kind)
    Synonyms: rátať, zaraďovať
    Nikdy sa nepočítal medzi statne urastených chlapovHe was never considered one of the well-built men

Conjugation

Verb

počítať pf

  1. (transitive, with a quantifier) to read
    Synonyms: poprečitovať, prečítať
    Mnoho prečítaťto read a lot

Conjugation

Further reading

  • počítať”, 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