uspávat

Czech

Etymology

From uspat +‎ -ávat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈuspaːvat]

Verb

uspávat impf (perfective uspat)

  1. (transitive) to make sleepy, to induce sleep in, to put to sleep
    Monotónní projev přednášejícího ho uspával. ― The lecturer's monotonous speech was making him sleepy.
    Dodnes si pamatoval ukolébavky, kterými ho uspávala jeho babička. ― Even now he remembered the lullabies which his grandmother used to put him to sleep.
adjectives

Further reading
  • uspávati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • uspávati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • uspávat in Internetová jazyková příručka
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