This is the 414th most frequent Slovak word.
zomrel
"Zomrel" means "died" in English.
The word 'zomrel' refers to the past tense of 'to die' and is used here to state a fact about the speaker's grandfather.
Môj starý otec zomrel minulý rok.
My grandfather died last year.
Here, 'zomrel' is used to describe an action that occurred in the past under a specific circumstance.
Hrdina zomrel pri záchrane iných.
The hero died while saving others.
In this sentence, 'zomrel' is used in a conditional clause to discuss an event that could have impacted the present if it hadn't occurred.