dovolit

Czech

Etymology

From do- +‎ volit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdovolɪt]
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Verb

dovolit pf (imperfective dovolovat)

  1. (transitive) to allow, to permit
    No dovol. ― Well excuse me!
  2. (reflexive with si) to afford
    Tak drahé auto si nemůžeme dovolit. ― We cannot afford to buy such an expensive car.
  3. (reflexive with si) to be impudent
    Co si to dovolujete? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (reflexive with si) to take the liberty

Conjugation

Conjugation of dovolit
infinitive dovolit, dovoliti active adjective dovolivší


verbal noun dovolení passive adjective dovolený
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person dovolím dovolíme — dovolme
2nd person dovolíš dovolíte dovol dovolte
3rd person dovolí dovolí — —

The verb dovolit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate dovolil dovolili dovolen dovoleni
masculine inanimate dovolily dovoleny
feminine dovolila dovolena
neuter dovolilo dovolila dovoleno dovolena
transgressives present past
masculine singular — dovoliv
feminine + neuter singular — dovolivši
plural — dovolivše

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