zlobit

Czech

Etymology

From zloba +‎ -it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzlobɪt]

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Verb

zlobit impf (perfective rozzlobit)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to irritate, to fool around (be naughty)

   Synonyms: štvát, vadit

   Doma mě začalo všechno zlobit. ― Everything started irritating me at home.

2. (transitive) taunt

   Synonym: škádlit

   Zlobili ji pro její nesmělost. ― They taunted her for her timidity.

3. (expressive) to play up (misbehave, not work properly etc)

   Zlobí mě noha. ― My leg is playing up.

   Televize nějak zlobí. ― The TV is acting up.

4. (reflexive with se) to be angry [with na (+ accusative) ‘at’]

   Synonym: hněvat se

Conjugation

Conjugation of zlobit

infinitive zlobit, zlobiti active adjective zlobící verbal noun zlobení passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person zlobím zlobíme — zlobme 2nd person zlobíš zlobíte zlob zlobte 3rd person zlobí zlobí — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive zlobit. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate zlobil zlobili — — masculine inanimate zlobily — feminine zlobila — neuter zlobilo zlobila — — transgressives present past masculine singular zlobě — feminine + neuter singular zlobíc — plural zlobíce —

Derived terms

• nazlobit
• pozlobit
• rozzlobit
• uzlobit
• vyzlobit
• zlobívat

Related terms

• zloba
• zlobidlo
• zlý

Further reading

• “zlobiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zlobiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zlobit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025