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Czech
Etymology
From pře- + kvapit.
Pronunciation
Verb
překvapit pf (imperfective překvapovat)
- to surprise (to cause to feel surprise)
- Mě ty jeho brýle dost překvapily. ― I was quite surprised by his glasses.
- Překvapuje mě, že k tomu nedošlo dříve. ― It surprises me that it did not happen earlier.
- to surprise (to do something to a person that they are not expecting)
- Neví, že jsem tady - myslel jsem, že se stavím u něho doma a překvapím ho. ― He doesn't know that I'm here - I thought I'd turn up at his house and surprise him.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The verb překvapit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “překvapiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “překvapiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “překvapit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)