uspávat

== Czech == === Etymology === From uspat +‎ -ávat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈuspaːvat] === Verb === uspávat impf (perfective uspat) (transitive) to make sleepy, to induce sleep in, to put to sleep Monotónní projev přednášejícího ho uspával. ― The lecturer's monotonous speech was making him sleepy. Dodnes si pamatoval ukolébavky, kterými ho uspávala jeho babička. ― Even now he remembered the lullabies which his grandmother used to put him to sleep. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “uspávati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “uspávati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “uspávat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026