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zatvoriť

Pronunciation: /zatvɔric/

“zatvoriť” is a Slovak word. Its 14 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to close, to shut (to place an obstructing object in a position that prevents access, entry)
  2. to close, to shut (to engage a locking, latching etc. mechanism to prevent access)
  3. to close, to shut, to turn off (to rotate to a position preventing access)
  4. to close, to cover, to cork (to put on a cap or a lid to seal the contents)
  5. to close, to shut (to close, fold something unfolded, separated)
  6. to close, to close down (to make something inaccessible)
  7. to close (to put something in a concealed area)
  8. to close, to close down (to stop service temporarily or permanently)
  9. to close, to close down (to prohibit an institution from functioning)
  10. to lock up, to put away (to confine someone to prison, an asylum, etc.)
  11. to close (to stop a software, to hide the contents of a file, a page)
  12. to close, to shut (to get (even spontaneously) into a position preventing access)
  13. to close, to fold (of something unfolded, separated, even spontaneously)
  14. to shut, to close off, to withdraw (to avoid people in an isolated area)

Etymology

From za- + tvoriť modelled after the verb otvoriť (“to open”), which was reanalysed as *o-tvoriti as opposed to the original *otъ- + *voriti, inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъvoriti. See also pritvoriť (“to close not fully”), roztvoriť (“to open, to spread out”), vytvoriť (“to expel < to leave someone outside”).

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