No. 356 in Czech
trest
Punishment.
In a sentence
Porušil zákon a dostal za to přísný trest.
He broke the law and received a harsh punishment for it.
In this sentence, 'trest' means 'punishment' and is used to denote a penalty for wrongdoing, in a legal context.
Jako trest za její chybu musela celý týden uklízet.
As punishment for her mistake, she had to clean for a whole week.
Here, 'trest' again signifies 'punishment,' but in a more informal, everyday scenario indicating consequences for personal actions.
Pomalý internet je opravdový trest, když potřebujete rychle pracovat.
Slow internet is a real punishment when you need to work quickly.
In this example, 'trest' is used metaphorically to express frustration or burden caused by slow internet, akin to a form of 'punishment' in an exaggerated sense.
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