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кресати

кресати

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

крѐсати impf (Latin spelling krèsati)

  1. (transitive) to prune, trim, cut, clip
    кресати гране ― to trim branches
    кресати стабло/дрво ― to prune a tree
  2. (transitive, slang) to have sex
    кресао сам му сестру док је био на љетовању/летовању ― I was having sex with his sister while he was on vacation
  3. (transitive) to reduce, cut, decrease
    кресали смо буџет све док га нисмо уравнотежили ― we kept cutting the budget until we balanced it
  4. (transitive, with dative) to speak openly and harshly
    немој ми кресати те глупости у брк! ― stop telling me telling that nonsense off to my face!

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References

  • кресати” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 2, page 55