Czech · Parkování / pokuta
You pay for parking in a zone: what to say in Czech
You pay for parking in a zone.
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How it's done. Cities have parking zones of various colours: modrá (residents), oranžová (short-term), fialová (mixed); you pay at the machine or via an app with the SPZ (licence plate) number.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Promiňte, jak funguje parkovací automat?
PROH-meen-teh, yahk FOON-goo-eh PAHR-koh-vuh-tsee OW-toh-muht?
Excuse me, how does the parking machine work?
THEY SAY
Zadejte SPZ a zaplaťte kartou.ZAH-day-teh Es-peh-zeh uh ZAH-pluhty-teh KAHR-toh-oo.
Enter the licence plate and pay by card.
They might also say:
Napište registrační značku a zaplaťte.
NAH-peesh-teh REH-gees-truhch-nee ZNAHCH-koo uh ZAH-pluhty-teh.
Enter the registration plate and pay.
2
YOU REPLY
Kolik stojí hodina?
KOH-leek STOY-ee GOH-dee-nuh?
How much is an hour?
THEY SAY
Čtyřicet korun za hodinu.CHTIR-zhee-tset KOH-roon zah GOH-dee-noo.
Forty crowns an hour.
3
YOU FINISH
Dobře, děkuji vám.
DOBR-zheh, DYEH-kooy-ee vahm.
All right, thank you.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Czech for life in Czechia”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Promiňte
PROH-meen-teh
verb
excuse me
jak
yahk
adverb
how
funguje
FOON-goo-eh
verb
works
parkovací
PAHR-koh-vuh-tsee
adjective
parking
automat
OW-toh-muht
noun
machine
Zadejte
ZAH-day-teh
verb
enter
14 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Můžete to zopakovat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh toh ZOH-puh-koh-vuht, PROH-seem?
Can you repeat that, please?
Můžete mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Děkuji!
DYEH-kooy-ee!
Thank you!
Similar situations
You find a slip of paper under the windscreen wiperParkování / pokuta · B1 in the app
→You ask about residents' parkingParkování / pokuta · B1 in the app
→You pay for parking in a zone through an appParkování / pokuta · A2 in the app
→You ask about the park-and-ride car park by the metroParkování / pokuta · A1 in the app
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