odehrát

Odehrát is a Czech verb (perfective, transitive) meaning to play through or perform the entirety of a game, match, or event, and by extension to finalize or complete a performance. It can also be used intransitively with the reflexive particle se to mean that something took place or occurred, as in an event happening.

Origin and nuance: The verb is formed from the root hrát (to play) with the prefix o-, which conveys completion or full execution of the action. The prefix adds a sense of taking a game, match, or performance from start to finish.

Usage: In sports, odehrát zápas or odehrát turnaj means to play a game or complete a tournament from start to finish. In the performing arts, it is used as odehrát představení to mean to stage or perform a show. The intransitive form odehrát se indicates that an event took place, for example Zápas se odehrál včera.

Conjugation and aspect: Odehrát is a perfective verb, so its present tense forms express future meanings (e.g., odehraju zápas zítra). Its past forms agree with gender and number (odehrál, odehrála, odehráli, etc.). The imperfective counterpart is typically formed with other verbs (e.g., hrát) or by using an iterative imperfective form such as odehrávat, depending on context.

Examples:

- Dnes naše mužstvo odehrálo vyrovnané utkání.

- Zápas se odehrál včera na stadionu.

- Chci odehrát další zápas příští týden.

See also: hrát, zahrát.