stretávate

Stretávate is a Slovak verb form, present tense, second person plural (vy), of the imperfective verb stretávať, which means to meet, to encounter, or to get together. As imperfective, it describes habitual or repeated meetings rather than a single completed event.

The verb can be used transitively to mean you meet someone, for example, Vy stretávate nových ľudí na udalostiach. It also appears in the reflexive form stretávať sa to indicate meeting with each other or arranging gatherings, as in Priatelia sa stretávajú pravidelne; vy stretávate sa s nimi často.

Common usage notes: stretávate expresses regular or customary meetings, plans, or encounters. It can appear with time adverbs that mark frequency (často, pravidelne) and with prepositional phrases indicating with whom (s kým) or where (na konferenciách, v parku).

Conjugation (present, indicative, imperfective):

ja stretávam, ty stretávaš, on/ona stretáva, my stretávame, vy stretávate, oni stretávajú. The related imperfective forms contrast with the perfective stretnúť (to meet, to run into) in contexts that emphasize a single event.

Etymology: stretávate derives from the root stret- meaning to meet, connected to other Slavic languages; it is related to the Slovak verb stretávať and cognate forms in neighboring languages.

See also: stretávať, stretávať sa, stretnúť.