No. 834 in Slovak
zachrániť
To save or to rescue.
In a sentence
Lekár dokázal zachrániť pacientov život.
The doctor was able to save the patient's life.
Here, 'zachrániť' means 'to save' or 'to rescue', signifying the action of preserving someone's life in a medical or emergency context.
Hasiči sa snažili zachrániť dom pred plameňmi.
The firefighters tried to save the house from the flames.
In this sentence, 'zachrániť' is used to mean 'to rescue', focusing on the act of protecting a building from destruction.
Musíme zachrániť túto vzácnu knihu pred zničením.
We must save this valuable book from destruction.
Here, 'zachrániť' implies the act of preventing an inanimate object (the book) from damage or loss.
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