spoliehať

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak spoliehať.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔʎɪ̯eɦac/, (high register) [ˈspɔʎɪ̯eɦac], (common) [ˈspɔlɪ̯eɦac]
  • Rhymes: -ɪ̯eɦac
  • Hyphenation: spo‧lie‧hať

Verb

spoliehať impf (perfective spoľahnúť)

  1. (reflexive with sa) to count on, to rely on, to trust (to place one's trust in someone, something) [with na (+ accusative)]
    • 1996, František C. Kubernát, Pribina[1], Vyd. Matice slovenskej, →ISBN, page 116:
      Vo vojne nie je nič bez rizika. Čas beží. Na čo sa spoliehaš, knieža?
      In war, nothing is without risk. Time is running out. What are you counting on, prince?

Conjugation

Further reading

  • spoliehať”, 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, 2003–2026