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hrvati se

хрвати се

hȑvati · /xr̂ʋati/ · imperfective · reflexive

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VERB
  1. Croat. (hrvati se) to wrestle
    Dečaci su se hrvali u dvorištu celo popodne. — The boys were wrestling in the yard all afternoon.
    Braća se stalno hrvaju na tepihu. — The brothers are always wrestling on the carpet.
  2. Croat. (hrvati se s + instr.) to struggle; to grapple
    Već mesecima se hrva s teškom bolešću. — He has been struggling with a serious illness for months.
    Svakog dana se hrvam s birokratijom. — I grapple with bureaucracy every day.

In Serbia: rvati se (rvač, rvanje); hrvati se (hrvač, hrvanje) is the Croatian form. Almost always used with se.

Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jahrvam
tihrvaš
on/ona/onohrva
mihrvamo
vihrvate
oni/one/onahrvaju
Past tense: hrvao, hrvala, hrvalo · hrvali, hrvale
Future: hrvaću, hrvaćeš, hrvaće, hrvaćemo, hrvaćete, hrvaće
Imperative: hrvaj
AI Updated 23 October 2026