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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech prodělati, from pro- + dělat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: pro‧dě‧lat
- Rhymes: -at
Verb
prodělat pf (imperfective prodělávat)
- to undergo, to absolve
- Synonym: podstoupit
- Prodělala operaci. ― She underwent an operation.
- to endure something (esp. sickness)
- Johan musel prodělat bronchitidu. ― Johan had to endure bronchitis.
- to lose money (on something), to suffer a financial loss
- Aleš včera všechny naše těžce vydělaný prachy prodělal na slotech! ― Aleš lost all our hardly earned money on slot machines!
Derived terms
Further reading
- “prodělati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “prodělati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “prodělat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025