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baktati

бактати

bàktati · /bǎktati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. colloq. (baktati se s + instr.) to bother with; to mess around with
    Nemam vremena da se baktam s papirologijom. — I don't have time to bother with paperwork.
    Ceo dan se baktao sa starim kolima. — He spent all day messing around with the old car.
  2. regional (of walking) to stomp; to clatter with one's feet
    Deca su baktala po hodniku celo jutro. — The kids were stomping around the hallway all morning.

Usually used with "se" and the preposition "s/sa" or "oko": baktati se s nečim, oko nečega.

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jabakćem
tibakćeš
on/ona/onobakće
mibakćemo
vibakćete
oni/one/onabakću
Past tense: baktao, baktala, baktalo · baktali, baktale
Future: baktaću, baktaćeš, baktaće, baktaćemo, baktaćete, baktaće
Imperative: bakći
AI Updated 6 October 2026