Slovak

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Etymology

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From na- +‎ čítať.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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načítať pf (imperfective načítavať)

  1. (transitive) to record (to read a text while being recorded)
    Synonym: nahrať
    Načítať rozprávkuto record a fairy tale
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to read (gradually read the literature on an issue and thus gain the necessary insight)
    Synonyms: prečítať, naštudovať
    Načítať literatúru na skúškuto read the literature for the exam
  3. (transitive, computing) to read, to load
    Synonym: otvoriť
    Načítať stránkuto load a page
    Program si načíta potrebné údaje.The program reads the necessary data.
  4. (transitive, dated) to count (to find out and express the number of something by counting)
    Synonyms: napočítať, narátať
    Načítať sedem dierto count seven holes
  5. (transitive, reflexive with sa) to read, to read up (to read a lot of something or about something) [with genitive ‘of...’ or o (+ locative) ‘about...’]
    Dosť som sa o probléme načítal na diskusnom fóre.I've read quite a bit about the problem on the discussion forum.
  6. (intransitive, computing, reflexive with sa) to load
    Synonym: otvoriť
    Stránka sa rýchlo načítala.The page loaded quickly.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • načítať”, 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