Meaning of zamknúť | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to lock (to turn a key in a lock to secure a door, gate, room, or object)
   ambitransitive, perfective
2. to lock in, to confine (to secure someone or something inside a space by locking the door)
   perfective, transitive
3. to lock oneself in (to secure oneself inside a room by locking the door from the inside)
   perfective, reflexive

Equivalents

Examples

“Nezabudni za sebou poriadne zamknúť byt.”

Don't forget to lock the apartment properly behind you.

“Musela odísť na nákup, tak deti na chvíľu zamkla samé v izbe.”

She had to go shopping, so she locked the children in the room alone for a while.

“Zamkol sa v hosťovskej izbe a odmietal vyjsť von.”

He locked himself in the guest room and refused to come out.

CEFR level