Zasouvá

Zasouvá is the present tense, third-person singular form of the Czech verb zasouvat, meaning to push in or insert something into a space or slot. It describes the act of placing an object into another object and is used with a direct object that is being inserted.

As an imperfective verb, zasouvat expresses a process or ongoing action. Its perfective counterpart is zasunout, which denotes a single completed act of inserting or pushing in. This distinction affects how you describe timing and aspect in sentences.

Common uses include actions such as zasouvá klíč do dveří (he pushes the key into the door), zasouvá kartu do čtečky (he inserts the card into the reader), or zasouvá páku do mechanismu (he pushes the lever into the mechanism). The object and the receiving place determine the exact construction, but the basic meaning remains insertion or pushing into a receptacle or slot.

Pronunciation is with the stress on the first syllable, and the form indicates a present, ongoing action by a masculine or generic subject. In written Czech, the verb appears in various contexts ranging from everyday activities to technical descriptions of inserting components or parts.

Related forms include zasunout (the perfective form) and other prefixed variants of the verb zasouvat. These verbs share the core meaning of inserting or pushing something into another object, with differences in aspect and completeness of the action.