počítať

From po- +‎ čítať.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃiːtac]

počítať impf (perfective spočítať (“to count”) or vypočítať (“to calculate”) or započítať (to “include”))

1. (transitive) to count (to determine the quantity or number of something)

   Synonyms: rátať, kalkukovať, (dated) počtovať

   Počítať peniaze ― to count money

2. (intransitive) to calculate, to compute (to perform arithmetic operations)

   Synonyms: rátať, kalkulovať, (dated) počtovať

   Deti sa učia počítať ― Children are learning to calculate

3. (transitive) to include (to consider someone or something as part of a group or total)

   Synonyms: zahrňovať, započítavať, započítavať

   Počítame vás medzi priateľov. ― We include you among friends.

4. (transitive) to expect, to take into consideration (to consider or plan for something that is likely to happen) [with s (+ instrumental)]

   Synonyms: rátať, brať do úvahy

   Antonym: zanedbať

   Musíme počítať so všetkými okolnosťami ― We must consider all circumstances

5. (transitive) to charge (to calculate the cost of something and ask someone to pay that amount)

   Synonyms: účtovať, žiadať

   Za meter látky počítajú desať eur ― They charge ten euros per meter of fabric

6. (transitive) to regard, to consider (to regard someone or something as being a particular type of person or thing) [with za (+ accusative)]

   Synonyms: považovať, pokladať

   Počítali ho za cudzinca ― They considered him a foreigner

7. (transitive) to credit (to attribute something to someone, especially in terms of positive or negative merit) [with dative, along with k (+ dative) or za (+ accusative)]

   To sa mu počíta k dobru ― This is credited to his merit

8. (transitive, literary, rare) to number, to contain (to indicate the number of something, usually in numerical terms)

   Synonyms: zahŕňať, mať, obsahovať

   Dedinka počíta čosi okolo 50 čísel. ― The village numbers around 50 houses.

9. (literary) Used in the phrase počítajúc do toho (“to including”)
10. (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to consider (as), to count (as) (to regard as part of a group or among others of a kind) [with medzi (+ accusative)]

    Synonyms: rátať, zaraďovať

    Nikdy sa nepočítal medzi statne urastených chlapov ― He was never considered one of the well-built men

počítať pf

1. (transitive, with a quantifier) to read

   Synonyms: poprečitovať, prečítať

   Mnoho prečítať ― to read a lot

• “počítať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024