Podstoupí

Podstoupí is the third-person singular present tense form of the Czech verb podstoupit, a perfective verb meaning to undertake or to undergo something. The form is used to indicate that someone will undergo a procedure, examination, treatment, or other action, typically in medical or formal contexts. Because podstoupit is perfective, the present tense often expresses a future event rather than an ongoing action; thus podstoupí is commonly translated as “will undertake/undergo” depending on the context. It governs a direct object in the accusative that specifies what is being undertaken, such as a procedure or examination.

The verb is formed with the prefix pod- added to stoupit (to step, to rise), giving a sense of undertaking an event or process. As a finite form, podstoupí agrees with a singular third-person subject.

Typical constructions include podstoupí operaci (will undergo an operation), podstoupí vyšetření (will undergo an examination), podstoupí léčbu (will undergo treatment), and podstoupí transplantaci (will undergo a transplantation). It can appear in statements about decisions, for example, Rozhodl se podstoupit rizikový zákrok. The negation is nepodstoupí, meaning “will not undertake/undergo,” or, in some contexts, nebude podstupovat. Podstoupit and its forms are widely used in formal, journalistic, and everyday Czech to describe planned or completed actions requiring consent or risk.