No. 893 in Slovak
opustiť
To leave or abandon.
In a sentence
Musela opustiť svoj domov kvôli práci.
She had to leave her home because of work.
The word 'opustiť' here means 'to leave' or 'to vacate' a place, conveying the necessity of departing from one location for a reason.
Nevie, ako ho mohla opustiť v zložitom čase.
She does not know how she could have abandoned him in a difficult time.
In this sentence, 'opustiť' signifies 'to abandon' someone, especially in a connotation where support was needed.
Opustil svoju skupinu, pretože nesúhlasil s jej smerovaním.
He left his group because he did not agree with its direction.
Here, 'opustiť' means 'to leave' or 'to quit' a group due to a disagreement with its direction or ideology.
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