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

infinitive			pretekať
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		pretekám	pretekáš	preteká	pretekáme	pretekáte	pretekajú
past	masculine	pretekal som	pretekal si	pretekal	pretekali sme	pretekali ste	pretekali
	feminine	pretekala som	pretekala si	pretekala
	neuter	pretekalo som	pretekalo si	pretekalo
past perfect	masculine	bol som pretekal	bol si pretekal	bol pretekal	boli sme pretekali	boli ste pretekali	boli pretekali
	feminine	bola som pretekala	bola si pretekala	bola pretekala
	neuter	bolo som pretekalo	bolo si pretekalo	bolo pretekalo
future		budem pretekať	budeš pretekať	bude pretekať	budeme pretekať	budete pretekať	budú pretekať
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	pretekal by som	pretekal by si	pretekal by	pretekali by sme	pretekali by ste	pretekali by
	feminine	pretekala by som	pretekala by si	pretekala by
	neuter	pretekalo by som	pretekalo by si	pretekalo by
past	masculine	bol by som pretekal	bol by si pretekal	bol by pretekal	boli by sme pretekali	boli by ste pretekali	boli by pretekali
	feminine	bola by som pretekala	bola by si pretekala	bola by pretekala
	neuter	bolo by som pretekalo	bolo by si pretekalo	bolo by pretekalo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	pretekaj	—	pretekajme	pretekajte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		pretekajúci	—	—	pretekal, pretekala, pretekalo, pretekali	pretekajúc	pretekanie

Conjugation of pretekať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)

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, 2003–2024