ukuchtili

21:09 Jan 26, 2016
Czech to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Tam ukuchtili malýho
Czech term or phrase: ukuchtili
Hello

Does anyone know what "ukuchtili" meanns? The sentence is: "Tam ukuchtili malýho."

Thank you in advance!
Monika Conkova (X)
Local time: 10:17


Summary of answers provided
5Cooked up, made
Zuzana Kuncova
3rustled/whipped up
Isabel Stainsby
3cooked
Michaela Bordessoule
4 -1(they) put the bun in the oven
Jiri Lonsky
3 -1whipped up
Lenka Červená


Discussion entries: 9





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rustled/whipped up


Explanation:
Given by seznam.cz - no idea if this fits the context though. Can you give us more details?


    Reference: http://slovnik.seznam.cz/cz-en/word/?q=ukuchtit&id=T6RNt4uXj...
Isabel Stainsby
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cooked


Explanation:
slang - Over there they cooked a baby together.

Michaela Bordessoule
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 12
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Cooked up, made


Explanation:
Slang, meaning that's where they concieved their baby.

Zuzana Kuncova
United States
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
(they) put the bun in the oven


Explanation:
The answers so far are not really suitable. I offer a derivative phrase from the colloquial "to have a bun in the oven" = "to be pregnant", as it has also association to cooking the way the source word "ukuchtit" does.

Jiri Lonsky
Czech Republic
Local time: 10:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lenka Červená: Sounds really coarse.
6 hrs
  -> Oh, yes, and "ukuchtili tam malýho" sounds really genteel, now, doesn't it?
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
whipped up


Explanation:
"They whipped up the li'l one there."

Does it sound fitting for a native speaker of English?

Lenka Červená
Czech Republic
Local time: 10:17
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Roni_S: I can't imagine that any native English speaker would associate 'whip up' with conceiving a child
18 hrs
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