zvrátit

Zvrátit is a Czech verb meaning to reverse, overturn, or undo a change in a situation, development, decision, or policy. It is transitive and most often used for bringing something back to a previous state or preventing a trend from continuing in its current direction. The form is perfective, expressing a completed reversal; its imperfective counterpart is typically conveyed by other verbs or circumstantial phrasing, depending on context. The infinitive is zvrátit; in present/future tense the 3rd person forms include zvrátí (he/she/it will reverse). The past tense has forms such as zvrátil, zvrátila, zvrátilo.

Etymology: it is derived from the verb vrátit (to return, to turn back) with the prefix z-, which in Czech often signals reversal or negation of the original direction.

Common collocations include zvrátit rozhodnutí, zvrátit vývoj, zvrátit trend, zvrátit škody, zvrátit dopady. In political and economic discourse, zvrátit is frequently used to describe attempts to overturn or reverse decisions, policies, or observed developments.

Examples:

- Nové důkazy by mohly zvrátit dosavadní závěry vyšetřování.

- Ekonomické ukazatele naznačují, že se může zvrátit klesající trend.

- Vládní opatření usilují o zvrácení negativních dopadů na rozpočet.

See also: obrátit, změnit, zrušit.