Meaning of stavať | Babel Free

Definitions

1. imperfective form of stať (“to become, to happen, to take place, to emerge”)
   form-of, imperfective, reflexive
2. to build, to construct (to create any building or technical work)
   imperfective, transitive
3. iterative of stáť (“to stand, to rank, to exist”)
   form-of, imperfective, intransitive, iterative
4. to stand up, to stack (to place into an upright position or specific arrangement)
   imperfective, transitive
5. to place, to put, to set (to put someone or something in a specific location or role)
   imperfective, transitive
6. to rely on, to bank on (to trust or count on someone or something)
   imperfective, intransitive, rare
7. to base on, to found on (to use something as a foundation or starting point)
   imperfective, literary, transitive
8. to regard as, to consider (to view someone as having a certain quality)
   archaic, imperfective, transitive
9. to put on to cook (to start boiling or cooking something on a stove)
   colloquial, imperfective, rare, transitive
10. to position oneself, to stand (to take a physical place or position)
    imperfective, reflexive
11. to oppose, to resist (to disagree or stand against something)
    imperfective, reflexive
12. to take a stand (to adopt a specific attitude or viewpoint)
    imperfective, reflexive
13. to stand up for, to defend (to support a person, idea, or side)
    imperfective, reflexive
14. to pretend, to act as if (to feign a certain state or identity)
    imperfective, rare, reflexive
15. imperfective form of staviť (“to bet”)
    form-of, imperfective, rare
16. (reflexive with sa) imperfective form of staviť sa (“to bet; to stop by”)
    imperfective, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“V meste stavajú nové obchodné centrum.”

They are building a new shopping center in the city.

“V kolkárni deti rady stavajú kolky.”

In the bowling alley, children like to set up the pins.

“Tréner ho v dôležitých zápasoch nestaval do základu.”

The coach didn't put him in the starting lineup in important games.

“Na jeho čestné slovo sa dá bezpečne stavať.”

You can safely rely on his word of honor.

“Svoju budúcnosť stavia na kvalitnom vzdelaní.”

He bases his future on a high-quality education.

“Všetci ho stavali za hrdinu národa.”

Everyone regarded him as a national hero.

“Už nestavaj mäso, budeme mať len polievku.”

Don't put the meat on to cook anymore, we'll just have soup.

“Staval sa na prsty nôh, aby lepšie videl.”

He stood on his tiptoes to see better.

“Darmo sa staviaš, pravdu aj tak neukryješ.”

It's no use resisting, you can't hide the truth anyway.

“K nášmu návrhu sa komisia stavia veľmi kladne.”

The commission is approaching our proposal very positively.

“Vždy sa stavia na stranu slabších a utláčaných.”

He always stands on the side of the weak and oppressed.

“Stavia sa, že nič nepočuje, hoci naňho kričím.”

He pretends he hears nothing, even though I'm shouting at him.

CEFR level