opísať

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak opísať. By surface analysis, o- +‎ písať.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔpiːsac]
  • Rhymes: -iːsac
  • Hyphenation: o‧pí‧sať

Verb

opísať pf (imperfective opisovať)

  1. (transitive) to describe
  2. (ambitransitive, proscribed) to copy verbatim
  3. (ambitransitive) to cheat (on a written examination)

Usage notes

As for the second sense, odpísať is considered to be the correct form.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • opísať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025