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kupati

купати

kúpati · /kǔːpati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. (kupati se) to have a bath; to bathe
    Uveče se uvek kupam pre spavanja. — I always have a bath before bed in the evening.
  2. (kupati se, sea, river) to swim; to go swimming; to bathe
    Na letovanju smo se kupali svaki dan. — On holiday we went swimming every day.
    Da li se ovde sme kupati? — Is swimming allowed here?
  3. (+ acc.) to bathe; to give a bath
    Tata svako veče kupa bebu. — Dad gives the baby a bath every evening.

The perfective is okupati (se); kupati se in the sea can mean bathing or playing in the water without actually swimming (plivati).

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jakupam
tikupaš
on/ona/onokupa
mikupamo
vikupate
oni/one/onakupaju
Past tense: kupao, kupala, kupalo · kupali, kupale
Future: kupaću, kupaćeš, kupaće, kupaćemo, kupaćete, kupaće
Imperative: kupaj
AI Updated 23 October 2026