# zatvoriť
## Slovak
### Alternative forms

* zavrieť

### Etymology

From za- +‎ tvoriť modelled after the verb otvoriť (“to open”), which was reanalysed as *o-tvoriti as opposed to the original *otъ- + *voriti, inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъvoriti. See also pritvoriť (“to close not fully”), roztvoriť (“to open, to spread out”), vytvoriť (“to expel < to leave someone outside”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈzatvɔric]

### Verb

zatvoriť pf (imperfective zatvárať)
* (transitive) to close, to shut (to place an obstructing object in a position that prevents access, entry)
    Synonyms: zachlopiť, uzatvoriť, uzavrieť
    Antonyms: otvoriť, odchlopiť
    Zatvoriť dvere ― to shut a door
* (transitive) to close, to shut (to engage a locking, latching etc. mechanism to prevent access)
    Antonym: otvoriť
    Zatvoriť skriňu ― to close a wardrobe
* (transitive) to close, to shut, to turn off (to rotate to a position preventing access)
    Antonyms: otvoriť, pustiť
    Zatvoriť kohútik ― to close the tap
* (transitive) to close, to cover, to cork (to put on a cap or a lid to seal the contents)
    Antonym: otvoriť
    Zatvoriť fľašu ― to close a bottle
* (transitive) to close, to shut (to close, fold something unfolded, separated)
    Antonyms: otvoriť, roztvoriť, roztiahnuť, rozovrieť
    Zatvoriť ústa ― to close one's mouth
    Zatvoriť knihu ― to close a book
* (transitive) to close, to close down (to make something inaccessible)
    Synonym: zneprístupniť
    Antonyms: otvoriť, sprístupniť
    Zatvoriť hranice ― to close the border
* (transitive) to close (to put something in a concealed area)
    Synonyms: uložiť, ukryť, skryť
    Antonyms: vybrať, vytiahnuť
    Zatvoriť peniaze do trezoru ― to close money in a safe
* (transitive) to close, to close down (to stop service temporarily or permanently)
    Synonyms: uzatvoriť, uzavrieť, zrušiť (permanently), zlikvidovať (permanently)
    Antonym: otvoriť
    Zatvoriť obchod ― to close (down) a shop
* (transitive) to close, to close down (to prohibit an institution from functioning)
    Synonyms: uzatvoriť, uzavrieť, zakázať, zrušiť
    Antonym: otvoriť
    Zatvoriť školy ― to close down schools
* (transitive) to lock up, to put away (to confine someone to prison, an asylum, etc.)
    Synonym: uväzniť
    Antonyms: pustiť, oslobodiť
    Zatvoriť zlodeja ― to lock up a thief
* (transitive) to close (to stop a software, to hide the contents of a file, a page)
    Antonyms: otvoriť, spustiť, aktivovať
    Zatvoriť súbor ― to close a file
* (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to close, to shut (to get (even spontaneously) into a position preventing access)
    Antonyms: odchlopiť, odchýliť, roztvoriť
    Dvere sa zrazu zatvorili. ― The door shut suddenly.
* (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to close, to fold (of something unfolded, separated, even spontaneously)
    Antonyms: roztvoriť, rozovrieť
    Kniha sa sama zatvorila. ― The book closed by itself.
* (intransitive, reflexive with sa) to shut, to close off, to withdraw (to avoid people in an isolated area) [with pred (+ instrumental) ‘from’]
    Synonyms: uzatvoriť, uzavrieť
    Zatvoriť sa pred priateľmi ― to close oneself off from friends

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “zatvoriť”, 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