This is the 713th most frequent Slovak word.
hovoril
"Spoke" or "was speaking."
Here, 'hovoril' is used to indicate that Ondrej was speaking about something in the past.
Ondrej hovoril veľmi zaujímavo o svojich dobrodružstvách.
Ondrej spoke very interestingly about his adventures.
The verb 'hovoril' might here represent the common usage of expressing verbal communication of something factual.
Mária sa hovorila, že počasie bude krásne celý týždeň.
Maria is said to have spoken that the weather will be beautiful all week.
In this sentence, 'hovoril' is used in a personal context to show the speaker conversing with a teacher in past time.