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Czech
Etymology
From po- + volit.
Pronunciation
Verb
povolit pf (imperfective povolovat)
- (transitive) to permit, to allow
- Synonym: dovolit
- Antonym: zakázat
- (transitive) to loosen
- Synonym: uvolnit
- Antonyms: utáhnout, dotáhnout
- Povolil si pásek. ― He loosened his belt.
- Šroub se povolil. ― The screw came loose.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The verb povolit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “povoliti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “povoliti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “povolit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)