kratko

кратко

/krâtko/

ADVERB

(of speech, writing) briefly; in short

Objasni mi kratko šta se desilo. — Briefly explain to me what happened.

Kratko je odgovorio i otišao. — He gave a short answer and left.
(of time) for a short time; briefly

Kratko smo se zadržali kod njih. — We stayed at their place only briefly.

Ta veza je kratko trajala. — That relationship didn't last long.
(of length) short

Ošišao se sasvim kratko za leto. — He got his hair cut really short for the summer.

For "for a short while", nakratko is also common.

Synonyms:

ukratko nakratko sažeto

Antonyms: dugo, opširno

Expressions