vzbuzovat

Vzbuzovat is a Czech verb meaning to arouse, awaken, evoke, or provoke a response or feeling in someone. It is imperfective and transitive, used with a direct object in the accusative to describe causing a reaction, such as vzbuzovat zájem or vzbuzovat dojem.

Semantics and usage: The verb is used for abstract effects rather than physical actions. It applies to emotions, attention, opinions and perceptions triggered by statements, events, or stimuli. Common collocations include vzbuzovat zájem (to arouse interest), vzbuzovat podezření (to arouse suspicion), vzbuzovat emoce (to evoke emotions), and vzbuzovat dojem (to create an impression).

Grammatical notes: As an imperfective verb, vzbuzovat describes ongoing or repeated processes or general statements. The perfective counterpart is vzbudit, which denotes a single, completed action. Its past and future forms differ in aspect. Examples: vzbuzovat naději (present: to arouse hope); vzbudí naději (future); vzbudil naději (past, masculine). This distinction helps express sequence and scope of the arousal.

Etymology and related forms: The word is native to Czech; related noun forms include vzbuzení (arousal, awakening) and vzbuzování (the act of arousing). The term is common in formal, literary, and journalistic language, as well as in everyday speech when describing the impact of events, statements, or stimuli.