See also: preci and přeci

Serbo-Croatian edit

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Etymology edit

From pre (before) + ìći (go).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /prêːt͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ći

Verb edit

prȇći pf (Cyrillic spelling пре̑ћи)

  1. (transitive) to cross, get across, get over, go over
    pr(ij)eći ulicuto cross the street
  2. (transitive) to exceed, cross, go over, surpass
  3. (transitive) to go over, glance through, browse (by reading, usually quickly)
  4. (transitive) to turn into, transform, go
  5. (transitive) to get onto, move on
  6. (transitive, colloquial) to trick, deceive, to cross someone
    Prešao si me!You fooled me!
  7. (intransitive) to paint, cover, smear with (+ instrumental)
    pr(ij)eći bojomto paint with colour

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