pretekať

Slovak

Etymology

From pre- + -tekať, which is the imperfective form of tiecť used in compounds. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teťi (“to flow, run”) from earlier *tekti, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”).

The primary meaning of the word tiecť and its compounds is to flow (sense 1), but the other meaning, to run, has been preserved in some compounds (sense 2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprecekac]

Verb

pretekať impf

1. imperfective of pretiecť
2. to race, to compete

Conjugation

Conjugation of pretekať (class I, pattern chytať)

infinitive		pretekať
present active participle		pretekajúci
past active participle		—
passive participle		—
l-participle (m./f./n./pl.)		pretekal, pretekala, pretekalo, pretekali
transgressive		pretekajúc
gerund		pretekanie
indicative	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	pretekám	pretekáš	preteká	pretekáme	pretekáte	pretekajú
past (m./f./n.)	pretekal som pretekala som pretekalo som	pretekal si pretekala si pretekalo si	pretekal pretekala pretekalo	pretekali sme	pretekali ste	pretekali
past perfect (m./f./n.)	bol som pretekal bola som pretekala bolo som pretekalo	bol si pretekal bola si pretekala bolo si pretekalo	bol pretekal bola pretekala bolo pretekalo	boli sme pretekali	boli ste pretekali	boli pretekali
future	budem pretekať	budeš pretekať	bude pretekať	budeme pretekať	budete pretekať	budú pretekať
conditional	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present (m./f./n.)	pretekal by som pretekala by som pretekalo by som	pretekal by si pretekala by si pretekalo by si	pretekal by pretekala by pretekalo by	pretekali by sme	pretekali by ste	pretekali by
past (m./f./n.)	bol by som pretekal bola by som pretekala bolo by som pretekalo	bol by si pretekal bola by si pretekala bolo by si pretekalo	bol by pretekal bola by pretekala bolo by pretekalo	boli by sme pretekali	boli by ste pretekali	boli by pretekali
imperative	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	—	pretekaj	—	pretekajme	pretekajte	—

Related terms

• preteky
• pretekár

Further reading

• “pretekať”, 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, 2024