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kapati

капати

kȁpati · /kâpati/ · imperfective · pf.: kapnuti

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VERB
  1. (of a liquid) to drip
    Voda kaplje sa plafona u kupatilu. — Water is dripping from the bathroom ceiling.
    Napolju je počela da kaplje kiša. — It has started to drizzle outside.
  2. (of a tap, object) to drip; to leak
    Slavina u kuhinji kaplje celu noć. — The kitchen tap drips all night.
    Detetu kaplje nos. — The child's nose is running.
  3. colloq. (of people, money) to trickle in
    Gosti su kapali jedan po jedan do ponoći. — The guests trickled in one by one until midnight.

The subject can be the liquid or its source: voda kaplje, slavina kaplje.

Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jakapam
tikapaš
on/ona/onokapa
mikapamo
vikapate
oni/one/onakapaju
Past tense: kapao, kapala, kapalo · kapali, kapale
Future: kapaću, kapaćeš, kapaće, kapaćemo, kapaćete, kapaće
Imperative: kapaj
AI Updated 29 September 2026