kovati

ковати

kòvati · /kǒʋati/ · imperfective

VERB

(of metal) to forge

Kovač kuje potkovicu u radionici. — The blacksmith is forging a horseshoe in the workshop.
(of coins, words) to mint; to coin

Kovnica kuje nove kovanice od dvadeset dinara. — The mint is minting new twenty-dinar coins.

Mladi stalno kuju nove reči. — Young people are constantly coining new words.
(of plans, a plot) to make plans; to plot; to hatch

Kuju zaveru protiv direktora. — They are plotting against the director.

Stalno kuje neke planove za leto. — He's always hatching some plans for the summer.

Expressions

kovati u zvezde — to praise to the skies

Novine ga kuju u zvezde posle pobede. — After the win the papers are praising him to the skies.
kuj gvožđe dok je vruće — strike while the iron is hot

Ponudili su ti posao, kuj gvožđe dok je vruće. — They've offered you a job, strike while the iron is hot.

Conjugation, imperfective

Past tense: kovao, kovala, kovalo · kovali, kovale

Future: kovaću, kovaćeš, kovaće, kovaćemo, kovaćete, kovaće

Imperative: kuj

AI Updated 29 October 2026