ukládá

Ukládat is a Czech verb of imperfective aspect. Its third-person singular present tense form is ukládá. The basic meaning is to place something somewhere for storage or safekeeping, to file or save something, or to set something in place for later use. Common contexts include storing physical items (ukládat dokumenty do šuplíku), saving information in a system (ukládat data do databáze), or putting obligations or penalties in effect (ukládat povinnost; ukládat pokutu, though the latter collocation can vary by context).

In addition to the physical sense, ukládat is used with abstract objects such as duties, obligations, or penalties, meaning to impose or assign them. It can also function in a computing sense, where data, configurations, or backups are ukládány (saved) by software or a user. The perfective partner of ukládat is uložit, and in future or completed actions one would typically use a form of uloží (he will deposit, he will save) rather than ukládá.

Grammatical notes: ukládat is imperfective, so its present tense describes ongoing or repeated actions. Other present tense forms include ukládám (I store), ukládáš (you store), ukládáme (we store), ukládáte (you store), ukládají (they store). The past tense is formed with auxiliary verbs and the past participle, agreeing with gender and number.

Examples:

- Ukládá dokumenty do databáze. (He stores documents in the database.)

- Systém ukládá data pravidelně každou noc. (The system saves data automatically each night.)

- Regula ukládá firmám povinnost hlásit transakce. (The regulation imposes an obligation on companies to report transactions.)

Ukladat is a commonly used Czech verb across everyday language, business, and computing, with its meaning shifting slightly by context between storage, saving, and enforcement.