cestovali

Cestovali is a past tense form of the Czech verb cestovat, which means to travel. It describes travel actions completed in the past by a group of people, typically masculine or mixed gender.

Grammatical notes: Cestovali is the third-person plural past tense form in the synthetic past tense. It corresponds to masculine or mixed-gender subjects (as in oni cestovali). Other past forms of the same verb include cestoval (he traveled), cestovala (she traveled), cestovalo (it traveled), and cestovaly (they traveled, feminine).

Etymology and related forms: The verb cestovat is derived from the noun cesta, meaning road or journey, with the common Slavic verb-forming suffix -ovat. Related nouns include cesta (road), cesteční (travel-related) and cestování (travelling, travel as a concept).

Usage: Cestovali is used in narrative or reporting contexts to state that a group have traveled in the past. It is common in newspapers, literature, and everyday speech. The form aligns with standard Czech sentence structure and does not require an auxiliary verb in simple past constructions.

Examples: Skupina cestovali po Evropě a navštívili několik muzeí. Na víkend cestovali do hor a užili si sníh. Dříve cestovali pravidelně, ale nyní cestovali méně často.

See also: Czech past tense, Czech verbs of travel, cestovat.