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cepidlačiti

цепидлачити

cepìdlačiti · /t͡sepǐdlat͡ʃiti/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to split hairs; to nitpick; to quibble
    Nemoj da cepidlačiš, suština je jasna. — Don't split hairs, the point is clear.
    Profesor stalno cepidlači oko svake zapete. — The professor keeps nitpicking over every comma.

The thing nitpicked about is usually introduced with oko + genitive.

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jacepidlačim
ticepidlačiš
on/ona/onocepidlači
micepidlačimo
vicepidlačite
oni/one/onacepidlače
Past tense: cepidlačio, cepidlačila, cepidlačilo · cepidlačili, cepidlačile
Future: cepidlačiću, cepidlačićeš, cepidlačiće, cepidlačićemo, cepidlačićete, cepidlačiće
Imperative: cepidlači
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