zabezpeovat

Zabezpeovat is a Czech verb used to describe the act of securing, ensuring, or providing protection or guarantees. It is common in contexts such as physical security, safety planning, and information technology. In standard Czech the infinitives are zabezpečit (perfective) and zabezpečovat (imperfective). The form zabezpeovat is generally considered nonstandard or regional; it can appear as a misspelling or as an informal variant of the imperfective zabezpečovat or the perfective zabezpečit in some texts.

Etymology: The verb is built from the prefix za- and the noun bezpečí meaning safety, implying to bring into safety or to provide security. It is semantically related to zajistit (to ensure) and zabezpečení (the act or state of securing).

Usage: Zabezpeovat is used in legal, administrative, technical, and everyday language to describe actions that make something secure or guaranteed. Examples include zabezpečit dům proti vloupání (to secure a house against burglary), zabezpečit data proti zneužití (to secure data against misuse), and zabezpečit systém či službu (to secure a system or service). Depending on aspect, writers choose zabezpečit for a completed action (perfective) and zabezpečovat for ongoing or repeated securing (imperfective). In many contexts, zabezpečit is the preferred form in formal writing.

See also: zabezpečení, zajistit, zajišťovat, bezpečnost.