From na- + mluvit. Compare Polish namówić or Macedonian намолува (namoluva).
namluvit pf (imperfective namlouvat)
- to delude somebody (by talking)
- Namluvili jí, že její manžel padl v boji. ― They made her believe that her husband had died in action.
- (reflexive with si) to delude oneself
- Namluvil si, že má rakovinu. ― He deluded himself into believing that he had contracted cancer.
- (reflexive with si) to find, get, win (a boyfriend or girlfriend)
- Už mu bylo devatenáct,když se mu poprvé podařilo namluvit si děvče. ― He was already nineteen when he for the first time succeeded in winning a girlfriend.
- to record (by speaking - on a tape, vinyl etc)
- Pohádky namluvili přední brněnští herci. ― The fairytales are told by eminent actors from the town of Brno.
- to dub (a film)
- Kdo namluvil Johna Cleese? ― Who dubbed the voice of John Cleese?
Conjugation
| The verb namluvit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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- “namluviti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “namluviti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “namluvit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
