odhadovat

Odhodovat is a Czech verb meaning to estimate, to approximate, or to guess. It is used when giving or forming a rough calculation of quantity, cost, time, probability, or other measurable quantities. The verb can describe a rough numerical estimate as well as an informed assessment.

Odhodovat is imperfective and transitive; it often appears with direct objects such as náklady, cenu, čas, nebo pravděpodobnost. The perfective counterpart is odhadnout, which expresses a single, completed estimate. In everyday speech, odhadovat is used for ongoing or repeated estimation processes, while odhadnout refers to a concrete estimate reached in a particular moment. Present tense forms of odhadovat include odhaduji, odhaduješ, odhaduje, odhadujeme, odhaduje, odhaduje, odhadují.

Common usage examples include: Odhaduji cenu na dvě tisícovky. (I estimate the price to be around two thousand.) Odhadujeme, že projekt potrvá dva roky. (We estimate that the project will last two years.) Podle odhadu poroste poptávka o pět procent. (According to the estimate, demand will grow by five percent.)

Etymology and related terms: odhadovat is formed from the noun odhad (an estimate, guess) with the prefix od-, indicating removal or estimation away from exactness. The related noun odhad means an estimate or guess; odhadce is an estimator.

See also: odhad, odhadce, odhadnout. The distinction between odhadovat and odhadnout mirrors the common Czech distinction between imperfective and perfective aspects.