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dohvatiti

дохватити

dòhvatiti · /dǒxʋatiti/ · perfective · impf.: dohvaćati

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VERB
  1. (with one's hand) to reach; to grab
    Možeš li da mi dohvatiš onu šolju sa police? — Can you reach that cup on the shelf for me?
    Dete je dohvatilo makaze sa stola. — The child grabbed the scissors off the table.
  2. (dohvatiti se + gen.) to get hold of; to lay one's hands on
    Čim se dohvatio vlasti, promenio je zakone. — As soon as he got hold of power, he changed the laws.
    Dohvatio se para i odmah ih potrošio. — He got his hands on the money and spent it right away.
  3. colloq. (dohvatiti se koga) to get into a fight with; to go for
    Dohvatili su se ispred kafane zbog sitnice. — They got into a fight outside the bar over nothing.

The reflexive dohvatiti se takes the genitive in the sense 'to reach, get hold of': dohvatiti se vlasti; in the sense 'to get into a fight with someone' it also takes s(a) + instrumental.

Synonyms:
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
jadohvatim
tidohvatiš
on/ona/onodohvati
midohvatimo
vidohvatite
oni/one/onadohvate
Past tense: dohvatio, dohvatila, dohvatilo · dohvatili, dohvatile
Future: dohvatiću, dohvatićeš, dohvatiće, dohvatićemo, dohvatićete, dohvatiće
Imperative: dohvati
AI Updated 6 October 2026