sex

Czech translation: 'Chceš se se mnou vyspat?' or 'Chceš si se mnou zasouložit?'

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English term or phrase:sex
Czech translation:'Chceš se se mnou vyspat?' or 'Chceš si se mnou zasouložit?'
Entered by: Zenny Sadlon

22:42 Jan 22, 2002
English to Czech translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: sex
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'Chceš se se mnou vyspat?' or 'Chceš si se mnou zasouložit?'
Explanation:
literal translations back into English:

'Chceš se se mnou vyspat?' = 'Do you want to sleep with me [once]?
'Do you want to copulate with me [this one time]?

Of course there are other, more or less vulgar ways of saying the same thing, but you'd have to give more context.

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Note added at 2002-01-23 11:22:06 (GMT)
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Although \'copulate\' is quite clinical in English, it\'s equivalent in Czech, \'souložit\', is widely used, perhaps because unlike the Latin-based English \'copulate\' it is endemic, meaning literaly \'co-bed\'. The sound of it is actually pleasing and quite \'poetic\' to the Czech ear; certainly more so than the English \'to have sex\', which might be more direct and erotic.

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Note added at 2002-01-23 12:51:24 (GMT)
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... of course it\'s \'its equivalent\' ...
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5 +2'Chceš se se mnou vyspat?' or 'Chceš si se mnou zasouložit?'
Zenny Sadlon
5 -2Chces se se mnou milovat?
27450 (X)


  

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'Chceš se se mnou vyspat?' or 'Chceš si se mnou zasouložit?'


Explanation:
literal translations back into English:

'Chceš se se mnou vyspat?' = 'Do you want to sleep with me [once]?
'Do you want to copulate with me [this one time]?

Of course there are other, more or less vulgar ways of saying the same thing, but you'd have to give more context.

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Note added at 2002-01-23 11:22:06 (GMT)
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Although \'copulate\' is quite clinical in English, it\'s equivalent in Czech, \'souložit\', is widely used, perhaps because unlike the Latin-based English \'copulate\' it is endemic, meaning literaly \'co-bed\'. The sound of it is actually pleasing and quite \'poetic\' to the Czech ear; certainly more so than the English \'to have sex\', which might be more direct and erotic.

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Note added at 2002-01-23 12:51:24 (GMT)
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... of course it\'s \'its equivalent\' ...

Zenny Sadlon
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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agree  27450 (X)
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agree  Anna Bittner
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Chces se se mnou milovat?


Explanation:
This is a more poetic and sensitive way to put it.

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Note added at 2002-01-23 01:31:06 (GMT)
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\"sex\" without a context would be translated as \"pohlavni styk\"


27450 (X)
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Local time: 18:57
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Zenny Sadlon: Yes, it is more 'poetic'. It would be the right translation for "Do you want to make love to me."
2 hrs

disagree  vaclav: I agree 100% with zenny
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