Meaning of zabiť | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to kill, to murder, to slay (to deprive a person of life violently or by accident)
   perfective, transitive
2. to slaughter, to kill (to kill an animal or insect by any means)
   perfective, transitive
3. to break, to smash (to break objects like glass, plates, or eggs)
   colloquial, perfective, transitive
4. to kill, to waste (to spend time uselessly or to suppress feelings and boredom)
   perfective, transitive
5. to dispel, to quench, to satisfy (to overcome or suppress feelings like boredom, hunger, or thirst)
   perfective, transitive
6. to ruin, to damage (to cause failure, loss, or to destroy something physically like bacteria)
   perfective, transitive
7. to trump, to beat (to play a higher value card or a trump card)
   perfective, slang, transitive
8. to drive in, to hammer in (to force something sharp like a nail into a surface)
   perfective, transitive
9. to kill oneself, to be killed (to commit suicide or die accidentally)
   perfective, reflexive
10. to break, to shatter (of an object: to be broken upon falling)
    colloquial, perfective, reflexive
11. to ruin oneself, to wear oneself out (to suffer great moral or physical harm, often through sacrifice or overwork)
    perfective, reflexive

Equivalents

Examples

“spí, akoby ho zabil”

to sleep like a log

“čo by si ma zabil”

not for the life of me

“bodaj ho hrom zabil!”

curse him!

“Počas silnej búrky ho v lese nešťastne zabil padajúci strom.”

A falling tree unfortunately killed him in the forest during a strong storm.

“zabiť dve muchy jednou ranou”

to kill two birds with one stone

“zabiť capa”

to make a blunder

“Mäsiar na jeseň v dedine zabil niekoľko vykŕmených ošípaných.”

The butcher slaughtered several fattened pigs in the village in autumn.

“Daj pozor na tie poháre, aby si ich na tej tvrdej dlažbe všetky nezabil.”

Be careful with those glasses so you don't break them all on that hard floor.

“Namiesto učenia len zabil v meste celý deň.”

Instead of studying, he just killed the whole day in town.

“Pustili sme sa do spoločenskej hry, aby sme aspoň trochu zabili nudu.”

We started a board game to dispel the boredom at least a little.

“Tých pár eur navyše ma predsa nezabije.”

Those few extra euros won't kill me after all.

“Súper mi drzo zabil moju desiatku srdcovým esom.”

The opponent insolently trumped my ten with an ace of hearts.

“Do tvrdej steny musel opatrne zabiť niekoľko dlhých klincov.”

He had to carefully hammer several long nails into the hard wall.

“Mladý vodič sa nešťastne zabil pri náraze do betónového múru.”

The young driver was unfortunately killed in a crash into a concrete wall.

“Krásna váza spadla na zem a v momente sa zabila.”

The beautiful vase fell to the ground and shattered instantly.

“Úbohá žena sa v tej ťažkej práci úplne zabila, len aby uživila rodinu.”

The poor woman completely wore herself out in that hard job just to support her family.

CEFR level