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beliti

белити

béliti · /běːliti/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to whiten; to bleach
    Ovom pastom belim zube već mesec dana. — I've been whitening my teeth with this toothpaste for a month.
    Baka je belila veš na suncu. — Grandma used to bleach the laundry in the sun.

For whitewashing walls Serbians usually say krečiti.

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jabelim
tibeliš
on/ona/onobeli
mibelimo
vibelite
oni/one/onabele
Past tense: belio, belila, belilo · belili, belile
Future: beliću, belićeš, beliće, belićemo, belićete, beliće
Imperative: beli
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