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guliti

гулити

gúliti · /ɡǔːliti/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to peel
    Gulim krompir za ručak. — I'm peeling potatoes for lunch.
    Ne volim da gulim pomorandže. — I don't like peeling oranges.
  2. (guliti se) to peel
    Posle mora mi se guli koža na leđima. — After the seaside, the skin on my back is peeling.
    Farba se guli sa zidova. — The paint is peeling off the walls.
  3. colloq. to fleece; to rip off
    Država guli građane porezima. — The state is fleecing citizens with taxes.
  4. slang (of studying) to cram; to grind
    Ceo vikend gulim za ispit. — I'm cramming for the exam all weekend.
  5. (of an animal's hide) to skin; to flay
    Lovci gule kožu s divlje svinje. — The hunters are skinning the wild boar.
  6. colloq. (of a prison sentence) to do time; to serve a sentence
    Gulio je pet godina robije zbog pljačke. — He did five years for robbery.

The perfective for the senses 'peel', 'peel off', 'fleece' and 'skin' is oguliti; for a prison sentence served in full, odguliti is the usual form (odgulio je pet godina).

Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jagulim
tiguliš
on/ona/onoguli
migulimo
vigulite
oni/one/onagule
Past tense: gulio, gulila, gulilo · gulili, gulile
Future: guliću, gulićeš, guliće, gulićemo, gulićete, guliće
Imperative: guli
AI Updated 29 October 2026