hlodat
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech hlodati, from Proto-Slavic *glodati.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hlodat impf
- to gnaw, nibble
- to bother, plague, nag, beset (of a feeling)
- Hlodalo ve mně podezření, že to nepřeložím. ― I was nagged by the suspicion that I wouldn't be able to translate it.
- Hlodalo v něm pokušení se na to vykašlat. ― He was beset by a temptation to call it a day.