Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From za- +‎ teći.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zǎtet͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: za‧te‧ći

Verb

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zàteći pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀тећи)

  1. (transitive) to come across, come upon, happen to find, find (by chance)
  2. (transitive) to catch in the act, catch red-handed
  3. (transitive) to catch unprepared/unready/off-guard
  4. (reflexive) to find oneself somewhere (at the moment something starts happening, or somebody arrives)
  5. (reflexive, obsolete) to pledge oneself

Conjugation

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References

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  • zateći”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024