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.
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