počítať

From po- +‎ čítať.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃiːtac]

počítať impf (perfective spočítať (“to count”) or vypočítať (“to calculate”) or započítať (to “include”))

1. (transitive) to count (to determine the quantity or number of something)

   Počítať peniaze ― to count money

   Synonyms: rátať, kalkukovať, (dated) počtovať

2. (intransitive) to calculate, to compute (to perform arithmetic operations)

   Deti sa učia počítať ― Children are learning to calculate

   Synonyms: rátať, kalkulovať, (dated) počtovať

3. (transitive) to include (to consider someone or something as part of a group or total)

   Počítame vás medzi priateľov. ― We include you among friends.

   Synonyms: zahrňovať, započítavať, započítavať

4. (transitive) to expect, to take into consideration (to consider or plan for something that is likely to happen) [with s (+ instrumental)]

   Musíme počítať so všetkými okolnosťami ― We must consider all circumstances

   Synonyms: rátať, brať do úvahy

   Antonym: zanedbať

5. (transitive) to charge (to calculate the cost of something and ask someone to pay that amount)

   Za meter látky počítajú desať eur ― They charge ten euros per meter of fabric

   Synonyms: účtovať, žiadať

6. (transitive) to regard, to consider (to regard someone or something as being a particular type of person or thing) [with za (+ accusative)]

   Počítali ho za cudzinca ― They considered him a foreigner

   Synonyms: považovať, pokladať

7. (transitive) to credit (to attribute something to someone, especially in terms of positive or negative merit) [with dative, along with k (+ dative) or za (+ accusative)]

   To sa mu počíta k dobru ― This is credited to his merit

8. (transitive, literary, rare) to number, to contain (to indicate the number of something, usually in numerical terms)

   Dedinka počíta čosi okolo 50 čísel. ― The village numbers around 50 houses.

   Synonyms: zahŕňať, mať, obsahovať

9. (literary) Used in the phrase počítajúc do toho (“to including”)
10. (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to consider (as), to count (as) (to regard as part of a group or among others of a kind) [with medzi (+ accusative)]

    Nikdy sa nepočítal medzi statne urastených chlapov ― He was never considered one of the well-built men

    Synonyms: rátať, zaraďovať

počítať pf

1. (transitive, with a quantifier) to read

   Mnoho prečítať ― to read a lot

   Synonyms: poprečitovať, prečítať

• “počítať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024