Investovat

Investovat is a Czech verb meaning to allocate money, capital, or other resources into something with the expectation of future benefit. It covers financial investments such as stocks, bonds, real estate, as well as non-financial commitments like time, effort, or human capital. In everyday and professional language, investovat appears in finance, business planning, and public policy discussions about growth, risk, and return.

Etymology and usage: The term is a borrowing from French investir, related to the noun investice (investment) and the concept of an investor. In Czech, the verb is conjugated as a regular -ovat verb. It is commonly used with the preposition do to express investing into something, for example investovat do akcií (to invest in stocks) or investovat do projektu. It also appears with phrases like investovat čas (to invest time) or investovat zdroje (to invest resources).

Conjugation and aspect: Investovat is an imperfective verb. Present tense forms include já investuji, ty investuješ, on investuje, my investujeme, vy investujete, oni investují. The imperfective aspect indicates an ongoing or repeated action. The perfective counterpart is formed with a prefix, most often z-, as in zainvestovat, meaning to complete an investment or to invest for a specific outcome.

Related terms: noun investice (investment), investicé, investor (investor), investiční (investment-related). Common collocations include investovat do něčeho, investovat do realit, investiční strategie, and dlouhodobé investování.

Examples: Společnost rozhodla investovat do modernizace výrobních linek. Lidé často investují čas a peníze do vzdělání, aby zlepšili své dovednosti. Společnost zainvestovala a očekává návrat z investice během pěti let.