Meaning of pobiť | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to break (to break many or all items, typically glassware or ceramics)
   perfective, transitive
2. to slaughter, to slay (to kill many people or animals one by one)
   perfective, transitive
3. to hammer in, to drive in (to hammer many items, like stakes or nails, into something)
   perfective, transitive
4. to cover, to shingle (to cover a surface, especially a roof, by nailing materials onto it)
   perfective, transitive
5. to bind, to clad (to reinforce or cover an object around its perimeter, e.g., with iron hoops)
   perfective, transitive
6. to get into a fight, to scuffle (to engage in a physical fight with someone)
   perfective, reflexive
7. to slaughter each other (to kill one another gradually or in large numbers)
   perfective, reflexive

Examples

“Mačka nešťastne zhodila policu a pobila všetky vzácne poháre.”

The cat accidentally knocked over the shelf and broke all the precious glasses.

“aby ho hrom pobil!”

confound him!

“Vlk sa v noci dostal do košiara a stihol pobiť takmer celé stádo.”

The wolf got into the sheepfold at night and managed to slaughter almost the entire flock.

“Okolo nového záhona sme do zeme pobili nízke drevené koly.”

Around the new flowerbed, we hammered low wooden stakes into the ground.

“Tesári museli starú strechu na stodole nanovo pobiť šindľom.”

The carpenters had to shingle the old roof on the barn again.

“Debnár musel drevený sud pevne pobiť železnými obručami.”

The cooper had to firmly bind the wooden barrel with iron hoops.

“veď sa azda nepobijeme”

we can surely come to an agreement

“Mládenci sa na dedinskej tancovačke pobili kvôli banálnej hádke.”

The young men got into a fight at the village dance over a trivial argument.

“Vojaci sa v neľútostnom boji o pevnosť takmer všetci pobili.”

The soldiers almost all slaughtered each other in the ruthless battle for the fortress.

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