hvaliti
хвалитиhváliti · /xʋǎːliti/ · imperfective
Suggest an editVERB
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to praiseSvi hvale tu novu piceriju. — Everyone praises that new pizza place.Učiteljica ga stalno hvali pred razredom. — The teacher keeps praising him in front of the class.
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(hvaliti se) to boast; to bragStalno se hvali svojim novim autom. — He's always bragging about his new car.
Hvaliti se takes the instrumental: hvaliti se uspehom, “to boast of success”.
Antonyms:
kuditi
kritikovati
Expressions
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ko se hvali, sam se kvari — self-praise is no recommendationNemoj toliko o sebi, ko se hvali, sam se kvari. — Stop talking about yourself — self-praise is no recommendation.
Conjugation, imperfective
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | hvalim |
| ti | hvališ |
| on/ona/ono | hvali |
| mi | hvalimo |
| vi | hvalite |
| oni/one/ona | hvale |
Past tense: hvalio, hvalila, hvalilo · hvalili, hvalile
Future: hvaliću, hvalićeš, hvaliće, hvalićemo, hvalićete, hvaliće
Imperative: hvali
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Updated 29 September 2026